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Personal data Gertrude Sheldon 

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Household of Gertrude Sheldon

(1) She is married to Richard Whitney.

They got married on May 27, 1916, she was 28 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Nancy Whitney  ± 1916-2012
  2. (Not public)


(2) She is married to Samuel S Sands.

They got married on October 18, 1910 at Manhattan, New York, USA, she was 22 years old.


Child(ren):


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gertrude Sheldon

Gertrude Sheldon
1888-1969

(1) 1916

Richard Whitney
1888-1974

Nancy Whitney
± 1916-2012
(Not public)
(2) 1910

Samuel S Sands
1884-1913

Samuel Stevens Sands
1911-1976

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Historical events

Birthday May 19, 1888

  • The temperature on May 19, 1888 was about 28.1 °C. The air pressure was 31 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 32%. 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 Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • May 16 » Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
    • June 29 » George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
    • August 5 » Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
    • August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
    • September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
    • October 15 » The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.

Day of marriage October 18, 1910

  • The temperature on October 18, 1910 was between 7.0 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
    • March 8 » French aviator Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license.
    • April 12 » SMSZrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
    • April 16 » The oldest existing indoor ice hockey arena still used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opens for the first time.
    • June 19 » The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
    • July 16 » John Robertson Duigan makes the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft built in Australia.
    • November 23 » Johan Alfred Ander becomes the last person to be executed in Sweden.

Day of death November 11, 1969

  • The temperature on November 11, 1969 was between 9.4 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
    • January 18 » United Airlines Flight 266 crashes into Santa Monica Bay killing all 32 passengers and six crew members.
    • March 13 » Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.
    • April 17 » Communist Party of Czechoslovakia chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed.
    • May 20 » The Battle of Hamburger Hill in Vietnam ends.
    • May 26 » Apollo program: Apollo 10 returns to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first manned moon landing.
    • November 13 » Vietnam War: Anti-war protesters in Washington, D.C. stage a symbolic March Against Death.


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Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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