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Household of Martha Elizabeth Collins

(1) She is married to Lewis Eugene 'E.L.' Brees.

They got married on November 24, 1889 at Delta, Fulton Co., OH, she was 20 years old.

Eugene Lewis Brees oo Martha Elizabeth Collins

Marriage source: Helena Stringfellow, Helena, Brees/Collins FGS, (Carlisle PA, HVAS, iv Feb MCMXCV) for dom, town. <>

Child(ren):

  2. George Sullivan Brees  1892-1972 


(2) She is married to Henry P. Conway.

They got married on June 10, 1906 at fortasse, somewhere in WA, she was 37 years old.

Henry Conway oo Martha Elizabeth Collins

Marriage source: Stringfellow, Helena, The Alwood Family Tree, (Grantville PA, Wert Bookbinding, MCMXCVI), pg II-FGS-122, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib. for dom.

Mrs. Stringfellow cites her source: Dona Van Voorst, Oak Harbor WA, 1995 <>

Child(ren):

  1. Maye Augusta Conway  1907-1992 


(3) She is married to Francis James Kavanaugh.

They got married on April 12, 1892 at Skagit Co., WA, she was 23 years old.

Francis James Kavanaugh oo Martha Elizabeth Collins

Marriage source: Van Voorst, Dona, Kavanaugh/Collins FGS, (Oak Harbor WA, DV, ca. MCMLXXXIX).

Cf. Stringfellow, Helena, The Alwood Family Tree, (Grantville PA, Wert Bookbinding, MCMXCVI), pg II-FGS-121, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

Divorced 1905 in Skagit Co., WA

Van Voorst, Dona, e-mail to David A. Navorska, (Oak Harbor, WA, DVV, xx Oct MMXI)

"... Francis James Kavanaugh married Martha Elizabeth (Collins) Brees in Skagit Co., WA ..." <>

Child(ren):

  2. Lyman Henry Kavanaugh  1895-1983 
  3. Effie Kavanaugh  1896-1904
  4. James Lee Kavanaugh  1900-1975 

The couple were divorced from 1905 at Mt. Vernon, Skagit Co., WA.

Francis James Kavanaugh o/o Martha Elizabeth Collins

Divorce source: Stringfellow, Helena, The Alwood Family Tree, (Grantville PA, Wert Bookbinding, MCMXCVI), pg II-FGS-121, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

Divorced 1905 in Skagit Co., WA <>


Notes about Martha Elizabeth Collins

Martha Elizabeth Collins

Source: Klaus, Terry, The Family Alwood, (Sacramento CA, T.K., June MCMXCI), pg 142, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

Van Voorst, Dona, Brees/Collins FGS, (Washington, DVV, xv Aug MCMLXXXVIII)

Buried at IOOF cemetery. Dona Van Voorst notes that she does not know if Martha's marriage to Francis produced other children who may have died in infancy.

The Sandusky Register, Sandusky OH, Sat. xii Apr MCMXIX Pg. 8

'Deaths-Funerals Mrs. Wm. H. Havice, died at her residence on the Bellevue-rd on Friday evening at 8 o'clock, aged 52 years. Surviving relatives besides her widower are ... and three sisters ... and Mrs. Martha E. Conway of Sedro Wooley, Washington;...'

Martha's husbands: 1) Lewis Eugene Brees
2) Francis Jas. Kavanaugh
3) Henry Conway

Van Voorst, Dona, e-mail to David A. Navorska, (Oak Harbor, WA, DVV, xx Oct MMXI)

"... Francis James Kavanaugh married Martha Elizabeth (Collins) Brees in Skagit Co., WA ..." <>

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    Historical events

    Birthday March 28, 1869

    • The temperature on March 28, 1869 was about 3.2 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
    • In the year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • April 17 » Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico.
      • June 27 » The Republic of Ezo on the island of Hokkaido ends after being defeated by Japanese Imperial troops.
      • August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
      • October 5 » The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
      • October 16 » Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.
      • October 16 » The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".

    Day of marriage April 12, 1892

    • The temperature on April 12, 1892 was about 5.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • June 6 » The Chicago "L" elevated rail system begins operation.
      • July 6 » Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.
      • July 26 » Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
      • September 22 » Lindal Railway Incident, providing inspiration for "The Lost Special" by A.C. Doyle and the TV serial Lost.
      • November 8 » The New Orleans general strike begins, uniting black and white American trade unionists in a successful four-day general strike action for the first time.
      • December 9 » English football club Newcastle United is founded.

    Day of death April 23, 1954

    • The temperature on April 23, 1954 was between 3.3 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
      • February 23 » The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.
      • March 9 » McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly.
      • September 17 » The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is first published.
      • November 10 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington Ridge Park in Arlington County, Virginia.
      • November 22 » The Humane Society of the United States is founded.
      • December 23 » First successful kidney transplant is performed by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray.

    Day of burial April 26, 1954

    • The temperature on April 26, 1954 was between 2.3 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (93%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
      • April 8 » A Royal Canadian Air Force Canadair Harvard collides with a Trans-Canada Airlines Canadair North Star over Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, killing 37 people.
      • July 21 » First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
      • August 16 » The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published.
      • August 24 » The Communist Control Act goes into effect, outlawing the American Communist Party.
      • October 11 » In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.
      • October 27 » Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.
    

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