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Personal data William Cornelius Geddings 

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Household of William Cornelius Geddings

He is married to Dora Flitcher Christmas.

They got married on October 12, 1911 at SOUTH CAROLINA, he was 20 years old.

They got married on October 12, 1911 at Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, United States, he was 20 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Dewey Geddings  1915-2001
  3. Mary Ruth Geddings  1917-1982 
  4. James Geddings  1918-2001
  5. Ernest Geddings  1921-2009
  6. FRANCES GEDDINGS  1926-2002
  7. Elizabeth Geddings  1928-2002

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    Sources

    1. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree / Ancestry.com
    2. 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1920; Census Place: Calvary, Clarendon, South Carolina; Roll: T625_1691; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 102; Image: 73 / Ancestry.com
    3. 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1940; Census Place: Penn, Williamsburg, South Carolina; Roll: m-t0627-03844; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 45-10 / Ancestry.com
    4. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    Birthday March 14, 1891

    • The temperature on March 14, 1891 was about 1.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • January 29 » Liliuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
      • January 31 » History of Portugal: The first attempt at a Portuguese republican revolution breaks out in the northern city of Porto.
      • February 15 » Allmänna Idrottsklubben (AIK) (Swedish Sports Club) is founded.
      • March 3 » Shoshone National Forest is established as the first national forest in the US and world.
      • April 1 » The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
      • August 24 » Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.

    Day of marriage October 12, 1911

    • The temperature on October 12, 1911 was between 2.2 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
      • January 21 » The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
      • January 26 » Glenn Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
      • May 31 » The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
      • October 13 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
      • November 17 » Omega Psi Phi fraternity was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
      • December 27 » "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.

    Day of death January 13, 1942

    • The temperature on January 13, 1942 was between -9 °C and -3.4 °C and averaged -5.9 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
      • January 13 » World War II: First use of an aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter.
      • January 24 » World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom.
      • March 5 » World War II: Japanese forces capture Batavia, capital of Dutch East Indies, which is left undefended after the withdrawal of the KNIL garrison and Australian Blackforce battalion to Buitenzorg and Bandung.
      • June 3 » World War II: Japan begins the Aleutian Islands Campaign by bombing Unalaska Island.
      • June 28 » World War II: Nazi Germany starts its strategic summer offensive against the Soviet Union, codenamed Case Blue.
      • July 28 » World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin issues Order No. 227. In response to alarming German advances, all those who retreat or otherwise leave their positions without orders to do so are to be tried in a military court, with punishment ranging from duty in a shtrafbat battalion, imprisonment in a Gulag, or execution.
    

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    Source: Wikipedia

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