Lax Family Tree » John Lester Cornwell (1888-1960)

Personal data John Lester Cornwell 

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Household of John Lester Cornwell

He is married to Lillie R Humphries.

They got married on October 8, 1910 at Cherokee Co., North Carolina, Verenigde Staten, he was 22 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Bessie Mabel Cornwell  1911-2002 
  2. Ralph Cornwell  1915-1916
  3. Garland Cornwell  1918-2010
  4. (Not public)
  5. (Not public)
  6. Verdie Ann Cornwell  1920-1992

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Lester Cornwell

Isabella Dick
1862-± 1894

John Lester Cornwell
1888-1960

1910

Lillie R Humphries
1881-1972

Bessie Mabel Cornwell
1911-2002
Ralph Cornwell
1915-1916
Garland Cornwell
1918-2010
(Not public)
(Not public)
Verdie Ann Cornwell
1920-1992

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Sources

  1. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=86879386&pid=17143
    / Ancestry.com
  2. 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1920; Census Place: Murphy, Cherokee, North Carolina; Roll: T625_1290; Page: A; Enumeration District: 46; Image: 138 / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Birthday February 14, 1888

  • The temperature on February 14, 1888 was about 1.0 °C. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • 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 year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
    • April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
    • May 16 » Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
    • July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
    • August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
    • October 29 » The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.

Day of marriage October 8, 1910

  • The temperature on October 8, 1910 was between 6.8 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 1910: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
    • January 13 » The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the operas Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci are sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
    • March 28 » Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
    • April 12 » SMSZrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
    • July 16 » John Robertson Duigan makes the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft built in Australia.
    • October 20 » The hull of the RMSOlympic, sister-ship to the ill-fated RMS Titanic, is launched from the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
    • November 21 » Sailors on board Brazil's warships including the Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Bahia, violently rebel in what is now known as the Revolta da Chibata (Revolt of the Lash).

Day of death March 3, 1960

  • The temperature on March 3, 1960 was between 5.3 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
    • January 21 » A coal mine collapses at Holly Country, South Africa, killing 435 miners.
    • January 23 » The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 metres (35,797ft) in the Pacific Ocean.
    • May 3 » The Off-Broadway musical comedy The Fantasticks opens in New York City's Greenwich Village, eventually becoming the longest-running musical of all time.
    • November 11 » A military coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam is crushed.
    • December 13 » While Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Brazil, his Imperial Bodyguard seizes the capital and proclaims him deposed and his son, Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, Emperor.
    • December 14 » Convention against Discrimination in Education of UNESCO is adopted.


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Source: Wikipedia


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