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Personal data Martha Elizabeth Cowles 

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Household of Martha Elizabeth Cowles

She is married to James Harvey Cowles.

They got married on December 29, 1886 at Hamburg, Fremont, Iowa, she was 21 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Willis Cowles  1887-1889
  2. Rose Mae Cowles  1888-1974
  3. Leona Cowles  1890-1974
  4. Edith Cowles  1893-1894

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Martha Elizabeth Cowles

John Alexander Chaney
1811-1887
Martha Ann Clark
1810-1894
Sarah Iler
1839-1932

Martha Elizabeth Cowles
1865-1937

1886

James Harvey Cowles
1865-1947

Willis Cowles
1887-1889
Rose Mae Cowles
1888-1974
Leona Cowles
1890-1974
Edith Cowles
1893-1894

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    Sources

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    2. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    Birthday November 5, 1865

    • The temperature on November 5, 1865 was about 10.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • February 17 » American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina, is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.
      • April 15 » President Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth. Vice President Andrew Johnson becomes President upon Lincoln's death.
      • May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate government was declared dissolved at Washington, Georgia.
      • May 25 » In Mobile, Alabama, around 300 people are killed when an ordnance depot explodes.
      • November 18 » Mark Twain's short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is published in the New York Saturday Press.
      • December 17 » First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert.

    Day of marriage December 29, 1886

    • The temperature on December 29, 1886 was about 3.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 year 1886: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • March 1 » The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
      • May 29 » The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
      • June 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
      • June 26 » Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
      • August 31 » The 7.0 Mw  Charleston earthquake affects southeastern South Carolina with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Sixty people killed with damage estimated at $5–6 million.
      • November 30 » The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.

    Day of death July 30, 1937

    • The temperature on July 30, 1937 was between 13.3 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
      • January 20 » Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner are sworn in for their second terms as U.S. President and U.S. Vice President; it is the first time a Presidential Inauguration takes place on January 20 since the 20th Amendment changed the dates of presidential terms.
      • February 16 » Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
      • March 18 » Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.
      • April 1 » Spanish Civil War: Jaén, Spain is bombed by German fascist forces, supporting Francoist Nationalists.
      • July 26 » Spanish Civil War: End of the Battle of Brunete with the Nationalist victory.
      • October 2 » Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the northwestern region of the Dominican Republic.
    

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