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Personal data Benjamin Sumner Welles III 

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Household of Benjamin Sumner Welles III

(1) He is married to Harriet Appleton Post.

They got married on January 8, 1952 at NYC, NY, he was 59 years old.


(2) He is married to Esther Slater.

They got married on April 14, 1915 at Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, he was 22 years old.


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(3) He is married to Mathilde Scott Townsend.

They got married on June 27, 1925 at NY, he was 32 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Benjamin Sumner Welles

Benjamin Sumner Welles
1823-1904
Katherine Elida Schermerhorn
1828-1858

Benjamin Sumner Welles
1892-1961

(1) 1952

Harriet Appleton Post
1894-1969

(2) 1915

Esther Slater
± 1893-1951

Arnold Nelson Welles
1918-2002
(3) 1925

Mathilde Scott Townsend
1884-1949


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    Birthday October 14, 1892

    • The temperature on October 14, 1892 was about 9.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • January 1 » Ellis Island begins processing immigrants into the United States.
      • January 15 » James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
      • June 30 » The Homestead Strike begins near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
      • July 8 » St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
      • August 9 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
      • October 13 » Edward Emerson Barnard discovers first comet discovered by photographic means.

    Day of marriage June 27, 1925

    • The temperature on June 27, 1925 was between 6.3 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 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 Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
      • February 28 » The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
      • March 16 » An earthquake occurs in Yunnan, China.
      • July 18 » Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf.
      • July 21 » Malcolm Campbell becomes the first man to exceed 150mph (241km/h) on land. At Pendine Sands in Wales, he drives Sunbeam 350HP built by Sunbeam at a two-way average speed of 150.33mph (242km/h).
      • November 28 » The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee, as the WSM Barn Dance.
      • December 11 » Roman Catholic papal encyclical Quas primas introduces the Feast of Christ the King.

    Day of death September 24, 1961

    • The temperature on September 24, 1961 was between 11.1 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
      • February 14 » Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California.
      • February 15 » Sabena Flight 548 crashes in Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States figure skating team along with several of their coaches and family members.
      • May 19 » At Silchar Railway Station, Assam, 11 Bengalis die when police open fire on protesters demanding state recognition of Bengali language in the Bengali Language Movement.
      • May 25 » Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces, before a special joint session of the U.S. Congress, his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the Moon" before the end of the decade.
      • June 23 » The Antarctic Treaty System, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and limits military activity on the continent, its islands and ice shelves, comes into force.
      • November 12 » Terry Jo Duperrault is the sole survivor of a series of brutal murders aboard the Ketch Bluebelle.
    

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