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Personal data Edith Ruth Root 

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Household of Edith Ruth Root

She is married to Ulysses Simpson GRANT.

They got married on November 27, 1907 at Washington City, District Of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States, she was 28 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Edith G. Grant  1908-1995
  2. Clara Frances Grant  1912-2005

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Edith Ruth Root

Salem Howe Wales
1825-1902
Frances Elizabeth Johnson
1832-1905
Elihu Root
1845-1937

Edith Ruth Root
1878-1962

1907

Ulysses Simpson GRANT
1881-1968

Edith G. Grant
1908-1995
Clara Frances Grant
1912-2005

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    Historical events

    Birthday December 1, 1878

    • The temperature on December 1, 1878 was about 2.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • January 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
      • February 18 » John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
      • February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
      • February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
      • June 10 » League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in the Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Greece.
      • September 1 » Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.

    Day of marriage November 27, 1907

    • The temperature on November 27, 1907 was between 6.5 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
      • February 9 » The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
      • July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
      • July 29 » Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
      • August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
      • December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
      • December 11 » The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.

    Day of death May 23, 1962

    • The temperature on May 23, 1962 was between 9.7 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 1962: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
      • February 16 » Flooding in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people.
      • May 19 » A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe's rendition of "Happy Birthday".
      • July 11 » Project Apollo: At a press conference, NASA announces lunar orbit rendezvous as the means to land astronauts on the Moon, and return them to Earth.
      • August 17 » Peter Fechter is shot and bleeds to death while trying to cross the new Berlin Wall.
      • October 20 » China launches simultaneous offensives in Ladakh and across the McMahon Line, igniting the Sino-Indian War.
      • December 11 » Arthur Lucas, convicted of murder, is the last person to be executed in Canada.
    

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