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Personal data Geoffrey Gordon Whitney 

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He has/had a relationship with Alice Cornelia Thaw.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Geoffrey Gordon Whitney

Israel Whitney
1797-1871
Mary Hopkins Flagg
1804-1872
Thomas Handasyd Perkins
1823-1900
Elizabeth Jones Chadwick
1827-1888

Geoffrey Gordon Whitney
1882-1953


Alice Cornelia Thaw
1880-1955


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

    Historical events

    Birthday July 21, 1882

    • The temperature on July 21, 1882 was about 14.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 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 1882: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • March 4 » Britain's first electric trams run in east London.
      • June 6 » The Shewan forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River.
      • July 26 » The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa.
      • September 4 » The Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.
      • October 16 » The Nickel Plate Railroad opens for business.
      • December 6 » Transit of Venus, second and last of the 19th century.

    Day of death July 25, 1953

    • The temperature on July 25, 1953 was between 11.2 °C and 27.3 °C and averaged 20.0 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (85%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
      • February 3 » The Batepá massacre occurred in São Tomé when the colonial administration and Portuguese landowners unleashed a wave of violence against the native creoles known as forros.
      • February 19 » Book censorship in the United States: The Georgia Literature Commission is established.
      • February 28 » James Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA; the formal announcement takes place on April 25 following publication in April's Nature (pub. April 2).
      • May 25 » The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston.
      • May 29 » Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.
      • June 30 » The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
    

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