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Personal data Eleanor Newton Whitney 

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Household of Eleanor Newton Whitney

She is married to James Boies Alleyne Fosburgh.

They got married on April 30, 1914 at New York City, N. Y., she was 26 years old.


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Eleanor Newton Whitney
1887-1930

1914

James Boies Alleyne Fosburgh
1879-1926

Leila Whitney Fosburgh
1912-2008
Hugh Whitney Fosburgh
1916-1976

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Historical events

Birthday September 12, 1887

  • The temperature on September 12, 1887 was about 12.9 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 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 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.
    • April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
    • June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
    • July 4 » The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
    • October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
    • November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
    • November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.

Day of marriage April 30, 1914

  • The temperature on April 30, 1914 was between 6.6 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • July 11 » Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
    • July 28 » In the culmination of the July Crisis, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, igniting World War I.
    • August 26 » World War I: During the retreat from Mons, the British II Corps commanded by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien fought a vigorous and successful defensive action at Le Cateau.
    • September 9 » World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
    • November 7 » The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces.
    • December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.

Day of death April 24, 1930

  • The temperature on April 24, 1930 was between 10.8 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 1930: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
    • March 12 » Mahatma Gandhi begins the Salt March, a 200-mile march to the sea to protest the British monopoly on salt in India.
    • May 24 » Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight).
    • June 16 » Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR.
    • August 16 » The first color sound cartoon, Fiddlesticks, is released by Ub Iwerks.
    • October 5 » British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage.
    • October 27 » Ratifications exchanged in London for the first London Naval Treaty go into effect immediately, further limiting the expensive naval arms race among its five signatories.


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