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Personal data Benjamin William VONFANGE 

Sources 1, 2, 3

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):

  4. (Not public)


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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  1. Web: Indiana, Find A Grave Index, 1800-2012, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
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  3. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, 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.
    • March 1 » The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
    • May 5 » The Bay View massacre: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven.
    • May 8 » Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
    • June 10 » Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for three months creating a large, 17km long fissure across the mountain peak.
    • October 28 » President Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
    • November 27 » German judge Emil Hartwich sustains fatal injuries in a duel, which would become the background for Theodor Fontane's Effi Briest.

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 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
    • May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
    • August 6 » The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
    • August 14 » U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier.
    • October 3 » U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill.
    • October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.

Day of death June 7, 1949

  • The temperature on June 7, 1949 was between 10.2 °C and 27.7 °C and averaged 18.6 °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.
    • March 31 » The Dominion of Newfoundland joins the Canadian Confederation and becomes the 10th Province of Canada.
    • August 5 » In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.
    • September 30 » The Berlin Airlift ends.
    • October 3 » WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.
    • October 7 » The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
    • November 7 » The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), oldest offshore oil platform.

Day of burial June 10, 1949

  • The temperature on June 10, 1949 was between 9.8 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 16.6 °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.
    • February 14 » The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec.
    • March 8 » President of France Vincent Auriol and ex-emperor of Annam Bảo Đại sign the Élysée Accords, giving Vietnam greater independence from France and creating the State of Vietnam to oppose Viet Minh-led Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
    • May 6 » EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation.
    • August 10 » An amendment to the National Security Act of 1947 enhances the authority of the United States Secretary of Defense over the Army, Navy and Air Force, and replaces the National Military Establishment with the Department of Defense.
    • August 31 » The retreat of the Democratic Army of Greece in Albania after its defeat on Gramos mountain marks the end of the Greek Civil War.
    • October 25 » The Battle of Guningtou in the Taiwan Strait begins.


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