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Personal data Sophia Hunter Coltston 

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Household of Sophia Hunter Coltston

She is married to William Benjamin Cornwell.

They got married on June 14, 1899 at Martinsburg, Berkeley, West Virginia, USA, she was 20 years old.


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    Historical events

    Birthday September 28, 1878

    • The temperature on September 28, 1878 was about 13.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
      • May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
      • June 10 » League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in the Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Greece.
      • June 15 » Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
      • September 1 » Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
      • October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.

    Day of marriage June 14, 1899

    • The temperature on June 14, 1899 was about 12.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. 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 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • January 19 » Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
      • February 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
      • June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
      • September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
      • November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
      • December 11 » Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.

    Day of death June 30, 1928

    • The temperature on June 30, 1928 was between 10.3 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
      • September 27 » The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
      • October 15 » The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
      • October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
      • November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
      • November 18 » Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.
      • December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.
    

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    • 1870 » Florent Schmitt, French composer and critic († 1958)
    • 1877 » Albert Young, American boxer and promoter († 1940)
    • 1878 » Joseph Ruddy, American swimmer and water polo player († 1962)
    • 1881 » Pedro de Cordoba, American actor († 1950)
    • 1882 » Mart Saar, Estonian organist and composer († 1963)
    • 1885 » Emil Väre, Finnish wrestler, coach, and referee († 1974)

    Source: Wikipedia


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