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Personal data Thelma Jean McElroy 


Household of Thelma Jean McElroy

(1) She is married to Arthur Lee Alwood.

They got married on May 16, 1942 at fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten, she was 24 years old.

Arthur Lee Alwood oo Thelma Jean McElroy

Marriage source: Klaus, Terry, The Family Alwood, (Sacramento CA, T.K., June1991), pg 110 <>

Child(ren):

  1. Arthur Lee Alwood  1945-1945
  3. (Not public)


(2) She is married to Homer Grant Alwood.

They got married on August 16, 1985 at fortasse, somewhere in WA, she was 67 years old.

Homer Grant Alwood oo Thelma Jean McElroy

Marriage source: Klaus, Terry, The Family Alwood, (Publication location: Crescent City, CA, Publisher: T.K., Publication date: June MCMXCI), pg. 112, Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib. for fact of marriage. <>

Notes about Thelma Jean McElroy

Thelma Jean McElroy

Sources: Klaus, Terry, The Family Alwood, (Publication site: Crescent City, CA, Publisher: T.K., Publication date: June MCMXCI), pgs. 110 & 112, Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.

Watson, Arnold, "Linda", (Publication site: Arizona, Publisher: worldconnect.rootsweb.com, Publication date: xix June MMIV), Repository: The Cloud

'...Updated: 2004-6-19 ... Thelma Gene MCELROY ... Sex: F

Father: Walter John MCELROY b: 8 Jun 1887 in Kankakee, Bourbonnaise Township, Kankakee, Illinois
Mother: Carrie Pearl MCELROY b: 14 Jan 1884 in Bourbonnais Township, Kankakee, Illinois

Marriage 1 Arthur ALWOOD b: 18 Feb 1902 ...

Children

1. Arthur L. ALWOOD b: 19 Sep 1945
2. Living ALWOOD
3. Living ALWOOD'

Thelma's husbands: 1) Arthur Lee Alwood 2) Homer Grant Alwood

Author: Burns, Lee; e-mail regarding Thelma McElroy, (Publication site: Washington state, Publisher: LB, Publication date: xxx Nov MMXIII)

"Hi again,

More sad news to report; Thelma Alwood died this last Tuesday, Nov 26th. Her funeral service is 2:00 pm Dec 7th at Westford Funeral Home, 1301 Broadway | Bellingham WA 98225.

An obituary is at http://www.westfordfuneralhome.com/thelma-j-alwood/

Lee"

Thelma Alwood obituary, Westford Funeral Home & Cremation Services, (Bellingham WA, WFH&CS, Nov. MMXIII)

"Thelma J. Alwood 12/22/1917 ~ 11/26/2013 Thelma Alwood, age 95 of Bellingham, passed away peacefully on November 26, 2013 at Lynden Manor. She was born December 22, 1917 in Kankakee, IL to Walter and Carrie McElroy. She was raised on a farm in Kankakee and lived in Colfax, ND,Rimby, Alberta, and Bellingham. She married Arthur Alwood on May 16, 1942. After Arthur died February 23, 1980, she married his brother Homer Alwood on August 16, 1985. Homer died December 8, 2006. While raising two boys, Thelma graduatedfrom Bellingham High School and worked for years as a legal secretary. She enjoyed cooking and hosting friends and family. Thelma was very loyal to her family and loved to sit and talk. She was a feisty little Irish redhead and she willbe dearly missed. Thelma lived the last five years at Lynden Manor. She is survived by her sons Darrell Alwood (Sherrie Brown) and Duane Alwood, step-daughters Virginia (Ron) Leitner and Sharon Chacksfield, grandsons John (Carol) Alwoodand Mark (Chihiro) Alwood, step-grandchildren Chris Leitner, Zoe Kapan and Shane Martin, great-grandchildren Lillian, Cameron, Trinity and Luke, and many loving family and friends. A Celebration of Thelma's life will be held at WestfordFuneral Home on Saturday, December 7th at 2 PM with a reception following. Memorials may be made to Birchwood Presbyterian."

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121063122/thelma_jean_alwood
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Thelma Jean McElroy

Thelma Jean McElroy
1917-2013

(1) 1942

Arthur Lee Alwood
1902-1980

Arthur Lee Alwood
1945-1945
Duane Leverett Alwood
1946-2016
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(2) 1985

Homer Grant Alwood
1908-2006


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Historical events

Birthday December 22, 1917

  • The temperature on December 22, 1917 was between -7.3 °C and 1.5 °C and averaged -2.1 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
    • February 23 » First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8 in the Gregorian calendar).
    • 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.
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Day of marriage August 16, 1985

  • The temperature on August 16, 1985 was between 10.5 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 1985: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
    • February 5 » Ugo Vetere, then the mayor of Rome, and Chedli Klibi, then the mayor of Carthage meet in Tunis to sign a treaty of friendship officially ending the Third Punic War which lasted 2,131 years.
    • May 29 » Heysel Stadium disaster: Thirty-nine association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses.
    • September 19 » A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
    • October 10 » US Navy aircraft intercept an Egyptian airliner carrying the perpetrators of the Achille Lauro hijacking, and force it to land in Italy.
    • November 13 » The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people.
    • November 21 » United States Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard is arrested for spying after being caught giving Israel classified information on Arab nations. He is subsequently sentenced to life in prison.

Day of death November 26, 2013

  • The temperature on November 26, 2013 was between 1.8 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2013: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
    • January 29 » SCAT Airlines Flight 760 crashes near the Kazakh city of Almaty, killing 21 people.
    • February 10 » Thirty-six people are killed and 39 others are injured in a stampede in Allahabad, India, during the Kumbh Mela festival.
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    • July 13 » Typhoon Soulik kills at least nine people and affects more than 160million in East China and Taiwan.
    • October 12 » Fifty-one people are killed after a truck veers off a cliff in Peru.
    • December 9 » At least seven are dead and 63 are injured following a train accident near Bintaro, Indonesia.


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