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Personal data Robert Nelson Howard 


Household of Robert Nelson Howard

He is married to Ada Labertha Shaffer.

They got married on December 4, 1895 at Fulton Co., OH, he was 26 years old.

Robert Nelson Howard oo Ada Labertha Shaffer

Marriage source: Klaus, Terry, The Family Alwood, (Sacramento, CA, T. Klaus, June, MCMXCI), pg. 4, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib. for fact of marriage.

Fulton Co., OH Marriages, 1865 - 1927, (Swanton OH, FCCOGS, MCMXCVI), pg. 81, Repository: Evergreen Lib., Metamora, OH.

'Howard, Robert N. - Shaffer, Addie L. 4 Dec 1895 6-247' <>

Child(ren):

  2. Ralph Aurelius Howard  1898-1983 
  3. James Waldo Howard  1900-1900
  4. Ethel Adeline Howard  1902-1995 
  5. Robert Corwin Howard  1906-1966 
  6. Clyde Nelson Howard  1911-1982 


Notes about Robert Nelson Howard

Robert Nelson Howard

Source: Klaus, Terry, The Family Alwood, (Sacramento, CA, T. Klaus, June MCMXCI), pg. 4, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

Fulton Co., OH Marriages, FCC OGS, 1996, pg. 81 for middle initial = N.

1 June 1900 Pike Twp Fulton Co OH census, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.: Howard, Robert _, head, white, male, born July 1869, age 30y, married 4 yrs, born OH, parents born OH, farmer, can read/write, can speak Eng., owns free of mortgage a farm, sch 186

28 Jan 1920 Pike Twp Fulton Co OH census, sheet 178B, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

'6, FM, 157, 157, Howard, Robert N., Head, own under mortgage, male, white 50, marr., can read/write, b. OH, parents b. OH, can speak Eng, farmer, general farm, oa, sch 141'

OHDI: 'Code 28 County Fulton Howard Robert N Vol 5830 Cert 74047 12/21/28'

Howard, Carolyn, Ralph Aurellius Howard Jr. Pedigree Chart, (Sunbury OH, FCCOGS, MCMXCIX) pg. 50, Repository: Evergreen Lib., Metamora, OH

'Robert Nelson Howard b. July 03, 1869 in Pike Township, Fultn County'

Another source has dob = 31 July 1869.

Elliot, Ragan, Enumerator, Pike Twp., Fulton Co., OH census, (Pike Twp., Fulton Co., OH, R.E., xiv Apr MCMXXX), sheet 4B-103, e.d. 26-15, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

'64, 92,92, Howard Ada, Head H, rents, has radio, family owns a farm, fem, white, ae 53, widow, ae 18 at 1st marriage, not in school, can read OR write, b. OH, parents b. OH, can speak Eng, Occ=None 65, Clyde, Son, male, white, ae 19, single, in school since 1 Sept 1929, can read OR write, b. OH, parents b. OH, can speak Eng, Occ = None 66, 93, 93, Howard r. Colman, head, rents, has radio, family owns a farm, male, white, ae 23, married, ae 21 at 1st marriage, not in school, can read OR write, b. OH, parents b. OH, farmer, general farm, class of worker=O, employed? Yes,Veteran? No, farm schedule 87 67, Selma L. wife, fem, white, ae 24, married ae 21 at 1st marriage, not in school, can read OR write, b. OH, parents b. OH, Occ=None 68, James W, son, male, white, 1 10/12, single, not in school, b. OH, parents b. OH, Occ=None'

Robert's parents: James Walker & Margaret Alice (Rings) Howard

Fulton County, Ohio Birth Records Transcriptions Book #1 1867-1886, (Swanton, OH, FCCOGS, MMIX), pg. 17, Repository: Evergreen Lib., Metamora, OH.

"Howard, Robert Nelson b. July 3, 1869 Ohio Fulton Pike Male Father James A. Howard Mother Margaret Alice Reis Parents Residence Pike"

Crew, Chris, et. al. Funton County Ohio Death Records Transcriptions Book #4 1924 - 1951, (Swanton, OH, FCCOGS, MMX), pg. 64, Repository: Evergreen Lib., Metamora, OH

"Howard, Robert Nelson Age: 59-5-18 (y/m/d) Male Date of Death: 1928 Dec 21 Married Place of Death: Pike Place of Birth: Ohio Occupation Farmer Father: James Howard Mother: Margarite Rings Cause of Death: Mus. Atrophy Place of Residence:Pike Physician: W.P.V. Evers" <>

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Birthday July 3, 1869

  • The temperature on July 3, 1869 was about 19.5 °C. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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.
    • March 24 » The last of Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.
    • April 6 » Celluloid is patented.
    • April 17 » Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico.
    • May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
    • August 16 » Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War.
    • August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.

Day of marriage December 4, 1895

  • The temperature on December 4, 1895 was about 4.2 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 13 » First Italo-Ethiopian War: the war's opening battle, the Battle of Coatit, occurs; it is an Italian victory.
    • March 15 » Heian Shrine is founded.
    • May 25 » The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Jingsong as its president.
    • June 11 » Paris–Bordeaux–Paris, sometimes called the first automobile race in history or the "first motor race", takes place.
    • June 27 » The inaugural run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
    • November 8 » While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.

Day of death December 21, 1928

  • The temperature on December 21, 1928 was between 0.3 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 1.9 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1928: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
    • March 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
    • June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
    • June 9 » Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
    • September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
    • November 12 » SSVestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.
    • December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.


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