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Personal data Henry Alexandre Joseph Brenton 

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Household of Henry Alexandre Joseph Brenton

He is married to Elizabeth Frances Courtney.

They got married on January 21, 1908 at Halifax, Nova Scotia, he was 31 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. John Thomas Brenton  1908-1983
  2. Harry Richard Brenton  1911-1979 
  5. Hilda M. Brenton  1915-1967
  6. Eva Frances Brenton  1917-2002

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Henry Alexandre Joseph Brenton

John Brenton
1834-1905

Henry Alexandre Joseph Brenton
1877-1961

1908

Elizabeth Frances Courtney
1887-1950

John Thomas Brenton
1908-1983
Harry Richard Brenton
1911-1979
Margureite Beatrice Brenton
1912-
Gertrude Brenton
1914-????
Hilda M. Brenton
1915-1967
Eva Frances Brenton
1917-2002

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Sources

  1. 1881 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Year: 1881; Census Place: Ward 5, Halifax City, Nova Scotia; Roll: C_13168; Page: 60; Family No: 314 / Ancestry.com
  2. 1891 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, Year: 1891; Census Place: Ward 5a, Halifax City, Nova Scotia; Roll: T-6314; Family No: 307 / Ancestry.com
  3. 1901 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, Year: 1901; Census Place: Halifax (City/Cité) Ward/Quartier No 2, Halifax (city/cité), Nova Scotia; Page: 4; Family No: 34 / Ancestry.com
  4. 1921 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  5. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=58946249&pid=1062
    / Ancestry.com
  6. 1911 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, Year: 1911; Census Place: Dartmouth, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Page: 4; Family No: 38 / Ancestry.com
  7. Nova Scotia, Canada, Marriages, 1763-1935, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Birthday January 6, 1877

  • The temperature on January 6, 1877 was about 6.1 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1877: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Empress of India.
    • January 8 » Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory.
    • April 12 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
    • June 20 » Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
    • October 22 » The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners.
    • November 21 » Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.

Day of marriage January 21, 1908

  • The temperature on January 21, 1908 was between -4 °C and -1.3 °C and averaged -2.6 °C. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • 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 1908: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
    • January 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
    • January 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
    • February 1 » Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
    • July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
    • September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
    • October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.


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  • 1878 » Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian († 1967)
  • 1880 » Tom Mix, American cowboy and actor († 1940)
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