Olson's Tree » Sigourney Thayer (1896-1944)
Personal data Sigourney Thayer
Source 1Source 2- He was born on March 26, 1896 in Southborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America.Source 2
- He died on November 2, 1944 in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States of America, he was 48 years old.Source 2
- He is buried in Southborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America.Source 2
- A child of William Greenough Thayer and Violet Otis
Household of Sigourney Thayer
(1) He is married to Emily O'Neill Davies.
They got married on December 7, 1928 at New York, New York, Verenigde Staten, he was 32 years old.
(2) He is married to Mary "Molly" Van Rensselear Cogswell.
They got married on March 28, 1931 at Manhattan, New York, USA, he was 35 years old.
Child(ren):
- Eugenie Sigourney Thayer 1933-2015
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Sources
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- U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday March 26, 1896
- The temperature on March 26, 1896 was about 10.7 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 28 » Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8mph (13km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2mph (3.2km/h).
- February 1 » La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
- March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
- June 28 » An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners.
- November 17 » The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
- December 17 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire.
Day of marriage March 28, 1931
- The temperature on March 28, 1931 was between -2.0 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
- January 7 » Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.
- January 21 » Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.
- March 14 » Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released.
- October 21 » A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.
- December 5 » Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow was destroyed on orders from Joseph Stalin.
- December 9 » The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.
Day of death November 2, 1944
- The temperature on November 2, 1944 was between 0.5 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
- February 22 » World War II: American aircraft mistakenly bomb the Dutch towns of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Enschede and Deventer, resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone.
- March 10 » Greek Civil War: The Political Committee of National Liberation is established in Greece by the National Liberation Front.
- June 10 » World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia, Greece, 218 men, women and children are massacred by German troops.
- June 14 » World War II: After several failed attempts, the British Army abandons Operation Perch, its plan to capture the German-occupied town of Caen.
- July 18 » World War II: Hideki Tōjō resigns as Prime Minister of Japan because of numerous setbacks in the war effort.
- September 5 » Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg constitute Benelux.
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- 1898 » Rudolf Dassler, German businessman, founded Puma SE († 1974)
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- 1949 » Jerome F. Donovan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1872)
- 1950 » George Bernard Shaw, Irish author, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
- 1952 » Mehmet Esat Bülkat, Greek-Turkish general (b. 1862)
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Charles Olson, "Olson's Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/olsons-tree/P14160.php : accessed January 7, 2026), "Sigourney Thayer (1896-1944)".