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Personal data Benjamin William VONFANGE 

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Household of Benjamin William VONFANGE

He is married to Johanna Charlotte Hannah BEHRMAN.

Permission for the marriage has been obtained in Bartholomew County, Indiana, Verenigde Staten on .

They got married on December 22, 1912 at Bartholomew County, Indiana, Verenigde Staten, he was 26 years old.


Child(ren):

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Notes about Benjamin William VONFANGE

DEATH CLAIMS MR. VONFANGE

Funeral Rites to Be Held Friday for Well-known Farmer.

Benjamin VonFange, 63, husband of Mrs. Hannah VonFange, died at 11:45

o'clock Tuesdaynight at his home on the Louisville road near Walesboro. He

had lived in his present home since his marriage in 1912, and was actively

engaged in farming.

Short funeral rites will be conducted at 1:45 o'clock Friday afternoon at

the Flanigan, Reed and Hull funeral home, and at 2 o'clock at St. Peter's

Lutheran church. Rev. A.E. Brauer will be in charge of services. Burial

will be in Garland Brook cemetery. The casket will be open from noon

Thursday at the funeral home until time for services.

Mr. VonFange was born south of Columbus and lived all of his life in this

community. He was a member of the Lutheran church.

Surviving with his widow are his sons, Aaron VonFange, East Columbus;

Weldon VonFange at home, and Walter VonFange Walesboro; his daughter, Mrs.

Hazel Moorman, Cortland; five grandchildren; his brothers, John, Fred and

Martin VonFange, and his sisters, Miss Selma VonFange, Miss Clara VonFange,

Miss Hannah VonFange and Mrs. Emma Welmer, all of this community.

The Evening Republican, Columbus, Ind., Wednesday, June 8, 1949

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  2. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  3. Web: Indiana, Find A Grave Index, 1800-2012, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Birthday April 9, 1886

  • The temperature on April 9, 1886 was about 8.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 30 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1886: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 18 » Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
    • February 23 » Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of aluminium from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall.
    • March 1 » The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
    • April 8 » William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
    • May 4 » Haymarket affair: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
    • July 3 » Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.

Day of marriage December 22, 1912

  • The temperature on December 22, 1912 was between 0.1 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 6 » New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
    • April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
    • April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
    • October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
    • November 5 » Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.
    • November 19 » First Balkan War: The Serbian Army captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia.

Day of death June 7, 1949

  • The temperature on June 7, 1949 was between 10.6 °C and 28.9 °C and averaged 19.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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)
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
    • June 8 » Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist Party members.
    • July 27 » Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
    • September 21 » The People's Republic of China is proclaimed.
    • October 3 » WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.
    • October 14 » The Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders in the United States convicts eleven defendants of conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the federal government.
    • October 28 » An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores, killing all 48 people on board.

Day of burial June 10, 1949

  • The temperature on June 10, 1949 was between 10.2 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 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)
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
    • January 5 » In his "State of the Union" address, United States President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
    • March 2 » Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.
    • March 31 » The Dominion of Newfoundland joins the Canadian Confederation and becomes the 10th Province of Canada.
    • May 6 » EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation.
    • October 16 » The Greek Communist Party announces a "temporary cease-fire", thus ending the Greek Civil War.
    • October 25 » The Battle of Guningtou in the Taiwan Strait begins.


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