Lax Family Tree » Ada Blanche Watson (1895-1977)
Personal data Ada Blanche Watson
Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8- Alternative names: Ada B Watson, Ada Blanche Sheldon
- She was born on January 21, 1895 in Lambeth, Surrey, England.Sources 2, 5, 6, 7, 8
- She was baptized on March 27, 1895 in South Lambeth St Stephen, England.Source 3
- Alternative: She was baptized on October 2, 1904 in Tooting Graveney, Surrey, England.Source 9
- Resident:
- in the year 1901: Battersea, Surrey, England.Source 7
- on April 2, 1911: Croydon, Surrey, England.Source 2
- She died March 1977 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, she was 82 years old.Source 6
- A child of Benjamin Watson and Harriet Upton
Household of Ada Blanche Watson
She is married to Frank John Sheldon.
They got married on September 26, 1925 at Croydon Common, St James, Surrey, England, she was 30 years old.Source 5
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Sources
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=86879386&pid=614
/ Ancestry.com - 1911 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: RG14; Piece: 3292; Schedule Number: 70 / Ancestry.com
- London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906, Ancestry.com, London Metropolitan Archives, South Lambeth St Stephen, Register of Baptism, p85/ste, Item 003 / Ancestry.com
- England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916-2005, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Surrey, England, Marriages, 1754-1937, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- 1901 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: RG13; Piece: 445; Folio: 149; Page: 43 / Ancestry.com
- England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD / Ancestry.com
- London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906, Ancestry.com, London Metropolitan Archives, Tooting Graveney, Register of Baptism, p95/nic, Item 008 / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday January 21, 1895
- The temperature on January 21, 1895 was about 5.5 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- February 9 » William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball.
- March 22 » Before the Société pour L'Encouragement à l'Industrie, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology publicly for the first time.
- April 24 » Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray".
- May 25 » Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
- September 3 » John Brallier becomes the first openly professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12-0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.
- October 4 » Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship.
Christening day October 2, 1904
- The temperature on October 2, 1904 was between 6.9 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
- January 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
- February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
- April 5 » The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh and Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
- May 5 » Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
- May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
- May 21 » The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
Day of marriage September 26, 1925
- The temperature on September 26, 1925 was between 7.0 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 11.8 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
- April 16 » During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
- April 18 » The International Amateur Radio Union is formed in Paris.
- May 14 » Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
- May 30 » May Thirtieth Movement: Shanghai Municipal Police Force shoot and kill 13 protesting workers.
- October 30 » John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter.
- November 28 » The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee, as the WSM Barn Dance.
Same birth/death day
- 1895 » Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish fashion designer, founded Balenciaga († 1972)
- 1895 » Daniel Chalonge, French astrophysicist and astronomer († 1977)
- 1895 » Noe Itō, Japanese anarchist, author and feminist († 1923)
- 1896 » Guy Gilpatric, American pilot and journalist († 1950)
- 1896 » J. Carrol Naish, American actor († 1973)
- 1896 » Paula Hitler, younger sister of Adolf Hitler († 1960)
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Peter Lax, "Lax Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/lax-family-tree/P614.php : accessed May 5, 2025), "Ada Blanche Watson (1895-1977)".