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Personal data Roscoe Franklin (Roscoe Franklin "Pete") "Pete" Witt 


Household of Roscoe Franklin (Roscoe Franklin "Pete") "Pete" Witt

He is married to Matilda Mae Shrader.

They got married on March 10, 1910 at Quincy, Adams Co., IL, he was 21 years old.

Roscoe Franklin "Pete" Witt oo Matilda Mae "Tillie" Shrader

Marriage source: Baumbach, Allan, "HUNTER-EDMONDS FAMILY TREE," (Pub. location unknown, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hunternire&id=I55, iii Aug MMXI)

"... Roscoe Franklin "Pete" Witt Sex: M Change Date: 03 AUG 2011 Birth: 12 DEC 1888 in Big Neck, Adams County, Illinois Death: 03 JUN 1957 in Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois Burial: Curless (Union) Cemetery, near Big Neck, Adams County,Illinois ... Marriage 1 Matilda Mae "Tillie" Shrader b: 12 APR 1890 in Big Neck, Adams County, Illinois Married: 10 MAR 1910 in Quincy, Adams County, Illinois

Note: Marriage Notice for Roscoe Franklin Witt and Matilda Mae 'Tillie' Shrader found in The Camp Point Journal, Wednesday, March 17, 1909:

"Big Neck couple wedded in Quincy. Roscoe Witt and Miss Tillie M. Shrader married in Quincy last Wednesday. The marriage of Miss Tillie May Shrader and Roscoe Witt of Big Neck occurred in Quincy last Wednesday at the parsonage of theChristian Church, the pastor Rev. Clyde Darsie officiating. Those present to witness the ceremony were Mr. & Mrs. J.W. Shrader, parents of the bride, Mrs. Ida Witt, mother of the groom and Mrs. Charles Witt, sister-in-law of the groom.The bride has been the Big Neck correspondent of the Journal which wishes her unbounded wishes her unbounded happiness." ..." <>

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Notes about Roscoe Franklin (Roscoe Franklin "Pete") "Pete" Witt

Roscoe Franklin "Pete" Witt

Source: Baumbach, Allan, "HUNTER-EDMONDS FAMILY TREE," (Pub. location unknown, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hunternire&id=I55, iii Aug MMXI)

"... Roscoe Franklin "Pete" Witt Sex: M Change Date: 03 AUG 2011 Birth: 12 DEC 1888 in Big Neck, Adams County, Illinois Death: 03 JUN 1957 in Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois Burial: Curless (Union) Cemetery, near Big Neck, Adams County,Illinois

Father: Phillip W. Witt b: 1863 Mother: Ida M. Buckingham b: 13 FEB 1864 in Burton, Adams County, Illinois

Marriage 1 Matilda Mae "Tillie" Shrader b: 12 APR 1890 in Big Neck, Adams County, Illinois Married: 10 MAR 1910 in Quincy, Adams County, Illinois

Note: Marriage Notice for Roscoe Franklin Witt and Matilda Mae 'Tillie' Shrader found in The Camp Point Journal, Wednesday, March 17, 1909:

"Big Neck couple wedded in Quincy. Roscoe Witt and Miss Tillie M. Shrader married in Quincy last Wednesday. The marriage of Miss Tillie May Shrader and Roscoe Witt of Big Neck occurred in Quincy last Wednesday at the parsonage of theChristian Church, the pastor Rev. Clyde Darsie officiating. Those present to witness the ceremony were Mr. & Mrs. J.W. Shrader, parents of the bride, Mrs. Ida Witt, mother of the groom and Mrs. Charles Witt, sister-in-law of the groom.The bride has been the Big Neck correspondent of the Journal which wishes her unbounded wishes her unbounded happiness."

Children

1. Paul Eugene Witt b: 20 NOV 1910 in Adams County, Illinois 2. Neva Witt b: 18 DEC 1912 in Adams County, Illinois 3. Karl W. Witt b: 01 APR 1915 in Loraine, Adams County, Illinois 4. Herschel Roscoe Witt b: 02 DEC 1917 in Loraine, Adams County, Illinois 5. Phyllis Witt b: 13 JUL 1929 in Adams County, Illinois" <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Roscoe Franklin Witt

Roscoe Franklin Witt
1888-1957

1910

Matilda Mae Shrader
1889-1950

Herschel Roscoe Witt
1917-1982

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Birthday December 12, 1888

  • The temperature on December 12, 1888 was about -0.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
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    • June 29 » George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
    • August 14 » An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London, England.
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Day of marriage March 10, 1910

  • The temperature on March 10, 1910 was between 6.6 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 7.4 mm of rain. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Captain David Beatty is promoted to Rear admiral, and becomes the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy (except for Royal family members) since Horatio Nelson.
    • March 1 » The deadliest avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.
    • April 28 » Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in England.
    • May 11 » An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana.
    • June 25 » The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of women or girls for “immoral purposes”; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.
    • July 16 » John Robertson Duigan makes the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft built in Australia.

Day of death June 3, 1957

  • The temperature on June 3, 1957 was between 10.0 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
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    • October 3 » The California State Superior Court rules that the book Howl and Other Poems is not obscene.
    • October 22 » Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam.


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