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Personal data Victor Gordon Upton 

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Household of Victor Gordon Upton

He is married to Edna Wrightson.

They got married on October 16, 1945 at Pontefract, Yorkshire, England, he was 22 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Victor Gordon Upton

Emma Upton
1868-1924
Thomas Upton
1890-1952

Victor Gordon Upton
1923-1990

1945

Edna Wrightson
1923-± 1993


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    Sources

    1. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
      http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=86879386&pid=7250
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    2. England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    3. England & Wales, Birth Index, 1916-2005, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    Birthday January 7, 1923

    • The temperature on January 7, 1923 was between -0.3 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
      • January 1 » Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMS.
      • April 18 » Yankee Stadium: "The House that Ruth Built" opens.
      • June 18 » Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.
      • September 8 » Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.
      • September 29 » The First American Track & Field championships for women are held.
      • October 22 » The royalist Leonardopoulos–Gargalidis coup d'état attempt fails in Greece, discrediting the monarchy and paving the way for the establishment of the Second Hellenic Republic.

    Day of marriage October 16, 1945

    • The temperature on October 16, 1945 was between 7.6 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
    • In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
      • February 15 » World War II: Third day of bombing in Dresden.
      • March 17 » The Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen, Germany, collapses, ten days after its capture.
      • April 4 » World War II: American troops liberate Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany.
      • April 11 » World War II: American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp.
      • May 6 » World War II: The Prague Offensive, the last major battle of the Eastern Front, begins.
      • September 30 » The Bourne End rail crash, in Hertfordshire, England, kills 43

    Day of death May 18, 1990

    • The temperature on May 18, 1990 was between 5.0 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1990: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
      • February 7 » Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly on power.
      • February 13 » German reunification: An agreement is reached on a two-stage plan to reunite Germany.
      • March 11 » Patricio Aylwin is sworn in as the first democratically elected President of Chile since 1970.
      • March 18 » In the largest art theft in US history, 12 paintings, collectively worth around $500million, are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
      • June 13 » First day of the June 1990 Mineriad in Romania. At least 240 strikers and students are arrested or killed in the chaos ensuing from the first post-Ceaușescu elections.
      • November 7 » Mary Robinson becomes the first woman to be elected President of the Republic of Ireland.
    

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