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Personal data Peter Goelet Gerry, Sen. 

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Household of Peter Goelet Gerry, Sen.

(1) He is married to Mathilde Scott Townsend.

They got married on May 26, 1910 at Washington, District of Columbia, he was 30 years old.


(2) He is married to Edith Stuyvesant Dresser.

They got married on October 22, 1925 at St George Hanover Square, London, England, he was 46 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Peter Goelet Gerry, Sen.

Thomas Russell Gerry
1794-1848
Hannah Greene Goelet
1804-1845
Robert James Livingston
1811-1891
Louisa Matilda Storm
1810-1883

Peter Goelet Gerry, Sen.
1879-1957

(1) 1910

Mathilde Scott Townsend
1884-1949

(2) 1925

Edith Stuyvesant Dresser
1873-1958


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    2. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    Birthday September 18, 1879

    • The temperature on September 18, 1879 was about 15.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • January 11 » The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
      • February 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
      • March 11 » Shō Tai formally abdicated his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.
      • May 2 » The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Madrid by Pablo Iglesias.
      • May 21 » War of the Pacific: Two Chilean ships blocking the harbor of Iquique (then belonging to Peru) battle two Peruvian vessels in the Battle of Iquique.
      • October 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.

    Day of marriage October 22, 1925

    • The temperature on October 22, 1925 was between 13.2 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 15 » The 1925 serum run to Nome: The second delivery of serum arrives in Nome, Alaska.
      • February 21 » The New Yorker publishes its first issue.
      • May 1 » The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded. Today it is the largest trade union in the world, with 134million members.
      • May 25 » Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching human evolution in Tennessee.
      • July 10 » Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins of John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
      • September 8 » Rif War: Spanish forces including troops from the Foreign Legion under Colonel Francisco Franco landing at Al Hoceima, Morocco.

    Day of death October 31, 1957

    • The temperature on October 31, 1957 was between 11.4 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 8.0 mm of rain during 4.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
      • April 10 » The Suez Canal is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months.
      • April 30 » Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery entered into force.
      • July 26 » Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated.
      • July 29 » The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
      • August 28 » U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator.
      • October 10 » U.S. President Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant.
    

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