Patrick Balfour family tree » Rhoda Annie Brooke (1869-1957)

Personal data Rhoda Annie Brooke 

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  • She was born on January 10, 1869 in 22 Park Rd South, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England.
  • She was christened on February 13, 1869 in St Mary, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England.
  • Profession: Scholar.
  • Resident:
    • on February 13, 1869: 5 Shrewsbury Road, 5 Shrewsbury Road, St. Mary, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, Birkenhead, England.
    • in the year 1871: Birkenhead, Cheshire, England.
    • in the year 1881: Birkenhead, Cheshire, England.
    • in the year 1891: Oxton, Cheshire, England.
    • on June 4, 1896: Christ Church, Claughton cum Grange, Cheshire, England.
    • on March 31, 1901: Oxford St Giles, Oxfordshire, England.
    • in the year 1911: Colwich, , Staffordshire, England.
  • Census in the year 1871, Park Road, South, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England.
  • Census in the year 1881, 56 Park RD Sth, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England.
  • Census in the year 1901, 151 Woodstock RD, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.
  • Census on April 2, 1911, Riverdale Colwich Stafford, Colwich, Staffordshire, England.
  • She died on December 13, 1957 in Grimstone Gardens, Folkstone, Kent, England, she was 88 years old.
  • She is buried in Flagbrick Hill Cemetary, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England.
  • A child of Leonard D Brooke and Rhoda Prentice

Household of Rhoda Annie Brooke

She is married to Sir Thomas Graham Balfour.

They got married on June 4, 1896 at Christ Church, Claughton-cum-Grange, Cheshire, England, she was 27 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Gilbert Graham Balfour  1899-1975 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Rhoda Annie Brooke

Leonard D Brooke
± 1827-????
Rhoda Prentice
± 1832-????

Rhoda Annie Brooke
1869-1957

1896

Sir Thomas Graham Balfour
1858-1929

Gilbert Graham Balfour
1899-1975
William Neville Balfour
1900-1908
Michael Leonard Graham Balfour
1908-1995

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    Rhoda Annie Balfour (born Brooke)<br>Gender: Female<br>Birth: 1869 - Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom<br>Christening: Feb 13 1869 - St Mary, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England<br>Marriage: June 4 1896 - Christ Church, Claughton-cum-Grange, Cheshire, England<br>Residence: Feb 13 1869 - St. Mary, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England<br>Residence: 1871 - Birkenhead, Cheshire, England<br>Residence: 1881 - Birkenhead, Cheshire, England<br>Residence: 1891 - Oxton, Cheshire, England<br>Residence: June 4 1896 - Christ Church, Claughton cum Grange, Cheshire, England<br>Residence: Mar 31 1901 - Oxford St Giles, Oxfordshire, England<br>Residence: 1911 - Colwich, , Staffordshire, England<br>Parents: Leonard Dobbin Brooke, Rhoda Brooke (born Prentice)<br>Husband: Sir Thomas Graham Balfour<br>Children: Gilbert Graham Balfour, William Neville Balfour, Professor Michael Leonard Graham Balfour<br>Siblings: Henry Brooke, Leonard Leslie Brooke
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Historical events

Birthday January 10, 1869

  • The temperature on January 10, 1869 was about 4.5 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • March 6 » Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
    • April 28 » Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
    • July 25 » The Japanese daimyōs begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869).
    • August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
    • October 5 » The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
    • October 16 » Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.

Christening day February 13, 1869

  • The temperature on February 13, 1869 was about 8.4 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • March 6 » Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
    • April 17 » Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico.
    • July 25 » The Japanese daimyōs begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869).
    • August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
    • October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.
    • October 5 » The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.

Day of marriage June 4, 1896

  • The temperature on June 4, 1896 was about 22.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 18 » An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
    • May 27 » The F4-strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10-million in damage.
    • June 28 » An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners.
    • July 28 » The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
    • August 16 » Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
    • November 27 » Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.

Day of death December 13, 1957

  • The temperature on December 13, 1957 was between 1.2 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
    • March 25 » United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds.
    • April 5 » In India, Communists win the first elections in united Kerala and E. M. S. Namboodiripad is sworn in as the first Chief Minister.
    • April 11 » United Kingdom agrees to Singaporean self-rule.
    • April 24 » Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region.
    • October 3 » The California State Superior Court rules that the book Howl and Other Poems is not obscene.
    • November 8 » Pan Am Flight 7 disappears between San Francisco and Honolulu. Wreckage and bodies are discovered a week later.


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