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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

    1. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
      http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=151585204&pid=812
      / Ancestry.com
    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 20 » End of the Uruguayan War, with a peace agreement between President Tomás Villalba and rebel leader Venancio Flores, setting the scene for the destructive War of the Triple Alliance.
      • March 3 » Opening of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group.
      • April 3 » American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.
      • April 26 » American Civil War: Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrenders his army to General William Tecumseh Sherman at the Bennett Place near Durham, North Carolina. Also the date of Confederate Memorial Day for two states.
      • May 26 » American Civil War: The Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi division, is the last full general of the Confederate Army to surrender, at Galveston, Texas.
      • December 1 » Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.

    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.
      • January 18 » Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
      • March 27 » Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
      • May 4 » Haymarket affair: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
      • 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.
      • November 27 » German judge Emil Hartwich sustains fatal injuries in a duel, which would become the background for Theodor Fontane's Effi Briest.

    Day of death July 30, 1937

    • The temperature on July 30, 1937 was between 13.9 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 16.0 °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.
      • May 7 » Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco's forces.
      • May 28 » Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer is founded.
      • July 22 » New Deal: The United States Senate votes down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States.
      • July 24 » Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".
      • August 24 » Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón.
      • December 22 » The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.
    

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