Lortz Family Tree » Edith L Benjamin (1918-1985)

Personal data Edith L Benjamin 

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Household of Edith L Benjamin

She is married to James Clover "Clover" Gourley.

They got married on December 18, 1940 at Columbus, Franklin Co., OH, she was 22 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Edith L Benjamin

Jacob Concid Lortz
1856-1916
Emma Jane McKee
1863-1925

Edith L Benjamin
1918-1985

1940

James Clover "Clover" Gourley
1918-1985


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    1. 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1930; Census Place: Columbus, Franklin, Ohio; Roll: 1798; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 0092; Image: 1014.0; FHL microfilm: 2341532 / Ancestry.com
    2. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    3. 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1940; Census Place: Columbus, Franklin, Ohio; Roll: T627_3245; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 93-149 / Ancestry.com
    4. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    5. Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, & 1958-2007, Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health, Certificate: 020039; Volume: 25983 / Ancestry.com
    6. Social Security Death Index, Number: 300-07-9423; Issue State: Ohio; Issue Date: Before 1951 / Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    Birthday May 29, 1918

    • The temperature on May 29, 1918 was between 5.6 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
      • February 3 » The Twin Peaks Tunnel in San Francisco, California begins service as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world at 11,920 feet (3,633 meters) long.
      • March 31 » Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States for the first time.
      • March 31 » Massacre of ethnic Azerbaijanis is committed by allied armed groups of Armenian Revolutionary Federation and Bolsheviks. Nearly 12,000 Azerbaijani Muslims are killed.
      • April 9 » World War I: The Battle of the Lys: The Portuguese Expeditionary Corps is crushed by the German forces during what is called the Spring Offensive on the Belgian region of Flanders.
      • December 1 » Transylvania unites with Romania, following the incorporation of Bessarabia (March 27) and Bukovina (November 28), thus concluding the Great Union.
      • December 28 » Constance Markievicz, while detained in Holloway prison, became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons.

    Day of marriage December 18, 1940

    • The temperature on December 18, 1940 was between -0.9 °C and 1.2 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
      • February 10 » The Soviet Union begins mass deportations of Polish citizens from occupied eastern Poland to Siberia.
      • February 29 » Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations.
      • May 25 » World War II: The German 2nd Panzer Division captures the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer; the surrender of the last French and British troops marks the end of the Battle of Boulogne.
      • June 18 » The "Finest Hour" speech is delivered by Winston Churchill.
      • August 18 » World War II: The Hardest Day air battle, part of the Battle of Britain. At that point, the largest aerial engagement in history with heavy losses sustained on both sides.
      • November 2 » World War II: First day of Battle of Elaia–Kalamas between the Greeks and the Italians.

    Day of death March 26, 1985

    • The temperature on March 26, 1985 was between 4.8 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 7.6 mm of rain during 7.8 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1985: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
      • January 21 » Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 crashes near Reno–Tahoe International Airport in Reno, Nevada, killing 70 people.
      • May 29 » Heysel Stadium disaster: Thirty-nine association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses.
      • June 17 » Space Shuttle program: STS-51-G mission: Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a payload specialist.
      • June 19 » Members of the Revolutionary Party of Central American Workers, dressed as Salvadoran soldiers, attack the Zona Rosa area of San Salvador.
      • July 10 » The Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland harbour by French DGSE agents, killing Fernando Pereira.
      • October 7 » Four men from the Palestine Liberation Front hijack the MSAchille Lauro off the coast of Egypt.
    

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