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Personal data Elma Ellsworth Dows 

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Household of Elma Ellsworth Dows

She is married to Benjamin Thaw.

They got married on January 28, 1886 at Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA, she was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Stephen Dows Thaw  1887-1923
  2. Benjamin THAW  1888-1937
  3. Henrietta Thaw  1891-1942
  4. William Thaw  1893-1934

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Elma Ellsworth Dows

Adams Dows
1792-1866
Maria Lundy
1801-1868

Elma Ellsworth Dows
1861-1931

1886

Benjamin Thaw
1859-1933

Stephen Dows Thaw
1887-1923
Benjamin THAW
1888-1937
Henrietta Thaw
1891-1942
William Thaw
1893-1934
Alexander Blair Thaw
1897-1918

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    Historical events

    Birthday October 13, 1861

    • The temperature on October 13, 1861 was about 18.1 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
    • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
    • In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • February 4 » American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from six break-away U.S. states meet and form the Confederate States of America.
      • April 27 » American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
      • April 29 » American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.
      • May 20 » American Civil War: The state of Kentucky proclaims its neutrality, which will last until September 3 when Confederate forces enter the state. Meanwhile, the State of North Carolina secedes from the Union.
      • June 10 » American Civil War: Battle of Big Bethel: Confederate troops under John B. Magruder defeat a much larger Union force led by General Ebenezer W. Pierce in Virginia.
      • November 8 » American Civil War: The "Trent Affair": The USSSan Jacinto stops the British mail ship Trent and arrests two Confederate envoys, sparking a diplomatic crisis between the UK and US.

    Day of marriage January 28, 1886

    • The temperature on January 28, 1886 was about 3.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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.
      • May 1 » Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers' Day in many countries.
      • May 5 » The Bay View massacre: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven.
      • July 3 » The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
      • 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.
      • October 28 » President Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
      • November 14 » Friedrich Soennecken first developed the hole puncher, a type of office tool capable of punching small holes in paper.

    Day of death November 13, 1931

    • The temperature on November 13, 1931 was between 5.1 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 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.
      • February 13 » The British Raj completes its transfer from Calcutta to New Delhi.
      • February 20 » The U.S. Congress approves the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.
      • April 14 » The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.
      • September 18 » The Mukden Incident gives Japan a pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.
      • October 1 » Clara Campoamor persuades the Constituent Cortes to enfranchise women in Spain's new constitution.
      • November 7 » The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.
    

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