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Ancestors (and descendant) of Nellie Lyal Sketheway

John Balfour
1816-1861
Euphemia Edgar
± 1821-????

Nellie Lyal Sketheway
1878-1943


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    Historical events

    Birthday December 28, 1878

    • The temperature on December 28, 1878 was about 3.9 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 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)
    • 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 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
      • February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
      • March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
      • 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.
      • October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
      • November 17 » First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. Prime Minister Benedetto Cairoli blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.

    Day of death August 9, 1943

    • The temperature on August 9, 1943 was between 11.6 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 8.6 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
      • April 7 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Terebovlia, Germans order 1,100 Jews to undress and march through the city to the nearby village of Plebanivka, where they are shot and buried in ditches.
      • July 5 » World War II: German forces begin a massive offensive against the Soviet Union at the Battle of Kursk, also known as Operation Citadel.
      • August 1 » World War II: Operation Tidal Wave also known as "Black Sunday", was a failed American attempt to destroy Romanian oil fields.
      • September 6 » Pennsylvania Railroad's premier train derails at Frankford Junction in Philadelphia, killing 79 people and injuring 117 others.
      • October 1 » World War II: After the Four Days of Naples, Allied troops enter the city.
      • December 4 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt closes down the Works Progress Administration, because of the high levels of wartime employment in the United States.
    

    Same birth/death day

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    • 1870 » Charles Bennett, English runner († 1949)
    • 1882 » Arthur Eddington, English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician († 1944)
    • 1882 » Lili Elbe, Danish model and painter († 1931)
    • 1887 » Werner Kolhörster, German physicist and academic († 1946)
    • 1888 » F. W. Murnau, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1931)
    • 1890 » Quincy Wright, American political scientist, historian, and academic († 1970)

    Source: Wikipedia


    About the surname Sketheway


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