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Personal data Clara Waterman Knight 

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Household of Clara Waterman Knight

(1) She is married to Sidney Jones Colford.

They got married on December 31, 1907 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, she was 20 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Clara Colford  1913-1979


(2) She is married to Francis Hunter Potter.

They got married on April 7, 1921 at Nice, France, she was 33 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Clara Waterman Knight

Clara Waterman Knight
1887-1924

(1) 1907

Sidney Jones Colford
1885-1951

Dorothy Knight Colford
1909-1973
Clara Colford
1913-1979
(2) 1921

Francis Hunter Potter
1882-1962


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Historical events

Birthday April 28, 1887

  • The temperature on April 28, 1887 was about 11.2 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. 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 1887: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
    • April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
    • April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
    • June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
    • June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
    • July 4 » The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.

Day of marriage April 7, 1921

  • The temperature on April 7, 1921 was between 2.8 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
    • March 8 » Spanish Prime Minister Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid.
    • March 21 » The New Economic Policy is implemented by the Bolshevik Party in response to the economic failure as a result of war communism.
    • April 2 » The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.
    • June 15 » Bessie Coleman earns her pilot's license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent.
    • August 14 » Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia).
    • December 6 » The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.

Day of death December 18, 1924

  • The temperature on December 18, 1924 was between 5.4 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
    • February 8 » Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.
    • March 3 » The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
    • April 1 » Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years imprisonment for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch" but spends only nine months in jail.
    • April 15 » Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.
    • August 4 » Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established.
    • November 4 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.


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