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Personal data Opal Ethel Firestone 

  • Alternative name: Opal Firestone Maugherman
  • She was born on September 15, 1912 in Camden, Hillsdale Co., MI.
  • Census in the year 1920, Camden Twp., Hillsdale Co., MI.
  • Census in the year 1930, Camden Twp., Hillsdale Co., MI.
  • Census in the year 1940, York Twp., Steuben Co., IN.
  • (Alt. Death) estimated around December 31, 1999 in Angola, Pleasant Twp., Steuben Co., IN.
  • She died estimated around December 12, 1999 in Angola, Pleasant Twp., Steuben Co., IN, she was 87 years old.
  • She is buried after December 11, 1999 in S. Scott Cem., Scott Twp., Steuben Co., IN.
  • A child of Garlyn Owen Firestone and Lura Mable (Mabel ?) Seiple
  • This information was last updated on October 8, 2014.

Household of Opal Ethel Firestone

She is married to Ulysses S. Grant Maugherman.

They got married on April 12, 1953 at Fremont, Steuben Co., IN, she was 40 years old.

Ulysses S. Grant Maugh Maugherman oo Opal Ethel Firestone

Marriage source: Author: Klaus, Terry, Title: The Family Alwood, (Publication location: Crescent City, CA, Publisher: T.K., Publication date: June MCMXCI), pg. 116, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

Author: Hanna, Jackie, Title: "The Alwood Family Tree -- William Allwood (Alwood) descendants," (Publication location: Portage, MI, Publisher: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=alwoodtree&id=I10557, Publicationdate: xiii July MMXII), Repository: The Cloud

"... Opal Ethel FIRESTONE Sex: F Birth: 15 SEP 1912 in Camden, Hillsdale Co, Michigan ... Marriage 1 Ulysses S. Grant MAUGHERMAN b: 17 JUL 1892 in Scott Twp, Steuben Co, Indiana Married: 12 APR 1953 in Fremont, Steuben Co, Indiana" <>

Notes about Opal Ethel Firestone

Opal Ethel Firestone

Source: Author: Klaus, Terry, Title: The Family Alwood, (Publication location: Crescent City, CA, Publisher: T.K., Publication date: June MCMXCI), pg. 116, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

Terry writes, "... In March 1953 she married Grant Maugherman. They have no children."

SSDI: "OPAL MAUGHERMAN Last SS address of record: 46703 Angola, Steuben, IN b. 15 Sep 1912 d. 12 Dec 1999 Iss: IN (before 1951)'

cf. Author: Stahl, Harriet, Title: The Family of Johann Jacob Stahl, Sr. of LeHigh Co., PA, (Publication location: Mt. Vernon IN, Publisher: Windmill Pub Inc, Publication date: MCMXCV), pg. 311, Repository: Lenig Lib., New Bloomfield, PA

cf. Author: Stringfellow, Helena, Title: The Alwood Family Tree 3rd ed. Revised & Updated, (Publication location: Carlisle PA, Publisher: H.V.A.S., Publication date: MCMXCVII), pg. II-FGS-94.

Author: Hanna, Jackie, Title: "The Alwood Family Tree -- William Allwood (Alwood) descendants," (Publication location: Portage, MI, Publisher: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=alwoodtree&id=I10557, Publicationdate: xiii July MMXII), Repository: The Cloud

"... Opal Ethel FIRESTONE Sex: F Birth: 15 SEP 1912 in Camden, Hillsdale Co, Michigan

Census: 1920 Garlyn Firestone HH, Camden Twp, Hillsdale Co, Michigan Census: 1930 Garlyn Firestone HH, Camden Twp, Hillsdale Co, Michigan Census: 1940 Celestia Seiple HH, York Twp, Steuben Co, Indiana Note: occ: housekeeper; private home

Death: 31 DEC 1999 in Angola, Steuben Co, Indiana Note: or possibly 12 Dec Burial: South Scott Cem, Scott Twp, Steuben Co, Indiana Change Date: 13 JUL 2012

Father: Garlyn Owen FIRESTONE b: 30 JAN 1886 in Butler, DeKalb Co, Indiana Mother: Lura Mable SEIPLE b: 21 JUN 1891 in Fremont, Steuben Co, Indiana

Marriage 1 Ulysses S. Grant MAUGHERMAN b: 17 JUL 1892 in Scott Twp, Steuben Co, Indiana Married: 12 APR 1953 in Fremont, Steuben Co, Indiana" <>

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    Historical events

    Birthday September 15, 1912

    • The temperature on September 15, 1912 was between 7.2 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
      • January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
      • January 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
      • March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
      • April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
      • April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
      • October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.

    Day of marriage April 12, 1953

    • The temperature on April 12, 1953 was between 6.1 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (34%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 1953: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
      • January 13 » An article appears in Pravda accusing some of the most prestigious and prominent doctors, mostly Jews, in the Soviet Union of taking part in a vast plot to poison members of the top Soviet political and military leadership.
      • February 28 » James Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA; the formal announcement takes place on April 25 following publication in April's Nature (pub. April 2).
      • June 17 » Cold War: East Germany Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.
      • July 26 » Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment repel a number of Chinese assaults against a key position known as The Hook during the Battle of the Samichon River, just hours before the Armistice Agreement is signed, ending the Korean War.
      • July 27 » Cessation of hostilities is achieved in the Korean War when the United States, China, and North Korea sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.
      • November 23 » Pilot Felix Moncla and Lieutenant Robert Wilson disappear while in pursuit of a mysterious craft over Lake Superior.
    

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