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Personal data Herschel Roscoe Witt 


Household of Herschel Roscoe Witt

He is married to Jessie Marie VanDettum.

They got married on October 3, 1936 at Hale Mem. Chr., Peoria, Peoria Co., IL, he was 18 years old.

Event (Alt. Marriage) on April 27, 1945 in fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten .

The couple were divorced from March 3, 1945 at fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten.


Notes about Herschel Roscoe Witt

Herschel Roscoe Witt

Source: Witt, Joyce, "MCINTYRE/WITT," (Pub. location unknown, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jokar2&id=I9, xxv Feb MMV)

"... Herschel Roscoe WITT Sex: M Change Date: 25 FEB 2005 Birth: 02 DEC 1917 in Loraine, Adams Co., IL Death: 03 MAY 1982 in Swedish American Hospital, Rockford, Illinois Burial: 1982 Parkside Cem., Peoria, IL

Father: Roscoe Franklin WITT b: 12 DEC 1888 in Big Neck, Adams Co., IL Mother: Matilda Mae 'Tillie' SHRADER b: 12 APR 1889 in Big Neck, Adams Co., IL

Marriage 1 Jessie Marie VANDETTUM b: 07 JAN 1917 in Cropsey, McLean Co., IL Married: 03 OCT 1936 in Hale Memorial Church, Peoria, Peoria Co., IL Divorced: 17 MAR 1957 in Peoria, Illinois Divorced: 13 MAR 1945 Married: 27 APR 1945

Marriage 2 Mary Jane REAVLEY Married: 25 SEP 1959 in Peoria, Peoria, Illinois"

Being unable to find a Parkside Cemetery, research discovered a Parkwood Cem. in Richwoods Twp. served by the Peoria postoffice. - D.A. Navorska - x Feb MMXIII - Grove Twp. 25N, Delaware Co., OK <>

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Herschel Roscoe Witt
1917-1982

1936

Jessie Marie VanDettum
1917-2002


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Birthday December 2, 1917

  • The average temperature on December 2, 1917 was 3.4 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong 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 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 year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
    • March 25 » The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.
    • March 26 » World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
    • October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
    • November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
    • November 20 » World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins: British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.
    • December 6 » Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time.

Day of marriage October 3, 1936

  • The temperature on October 3, 1936 was between -0.5 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (88%). 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
    • March 7 » Prelude to World War II: In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.
    • April 15 » First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
    • May 26 » In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for ten hours.
    • August 10 » Spanish Civil War: The Regional Defence Council of Aragon is dissolved by the Spanish Republic.
    • October 27 » Mrs Wallis Simpson obtains her divorce, which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne.
    • December 23 » Spanish Civil War: The Spanish Republic legalizes the Regional Defence Council of Aragon.

Day of death May 3, 1982

  • The temperature on May 3, 1982 was between 6.5 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Saturday, May 29, 1982 to Thursday, November 4, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt III, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
  • 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 1982: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
    • January 30 » Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner".
    • March 19 » Falklands War: Argentinian forces land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war with the United Kingdom.
    • May 4 » Twenty sailors are killed when the British Type 42 destroyer HMSSheffield is hit by an Argentinian Exocet missile during the Falklands War.
    • May 21 » Falklands War: A British amphibious assault during Operation Sutton leads to the Battle of San Carlos.
    • July 19 » In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah, David S. Dodge, president of the American University of Beirut, is kidnapped.
    • July 24 » Heavy rain causes a mudslide that destroys a bridge at Nagasaki, Japan, killing 299.


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