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Personal data May Myrtis CLEMONS

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Household of May Myrtis CLEMONS

(1) This person is married to Eugene Aloysius MARX.

They got married in the year 1920 at Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA, at the age of 45 years.


Child(ren):

  1. Douglas Eugene MARX  1920-2014


(2) This person is married to Ashton E LAKE.

They got married on November 5, 1900 at Washington, District of Columbia, Verenigde Staten, at the age of 25 years.


Notes about May Myrtis CLEMONS

May had a twin sister Minnie Mabel. May's father Phineas was a surgeon during the Civil War. The family moved to Washington, D.C. in the early 1880s. She studied at the Martyn College of Elocution and Oratory, going on to teach elocution at Gallaudet University for the Deaf. She had two bothers Charles and Clement who died as children. Her mother Eugenia and sister Dottie died from Malaria in 1895 during the epidemic in Washington, D.C. Her father died in 1899. She became the guardian to her 10 year old brother Douglas. She married Ashton Lake in early 1900. He died five days later. Her brother Douglas who had been studying entomology at the Smithsonian died in 1910. May is said to have been a Flora Dora girl possibly in New York. She married Eugene in Chicago and gave birth to their son Douglas Eugene in 1920. Her husband Eugene died in 1922. Her last known job was as a film cutter in 1930. She died in 1933 when Douglas was 12 years old. He moved in with her twin sister Minnie and her husband Obie Johnson.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of May Myrtis CLEMONS

Alexander CLEMONS
1794-1886
Almariah Angeline HOLLISTER
1806-1861
Russell E. DOUGLAS
1801-1886
Temperance Foster ELLIS
1808-????

May Myrtis CLEMONS
1874-1933

(1) 1920

Eugene Aloysius MARX
1875-1922

Douglas Eugene MARX
1920-2014
(2) 1900

Ashton E LAKE
1869-1900


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Sources

  1. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  2. 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Year: 1880; Census Place: Sandusky, Erie, Ohio; Roll: 1013; Family History Film: 1255013; Page: 190D; Enumeration District: 120; Image: 0202 / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Birthday December 11, 1874

  • The temperature on December 11, 1874 was about -0.1 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 25 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 73 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
  • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1874: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 21 » The Oakland Daily Tribune publishes its first edition.
    • February 28 » One of the longest cases ever heard in an English court ends when the defendant is convicted of perjury for attempting to assume the identity of the heir to the Tichborne baronetcy.
    • May 9 » The first horsebus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
    • May 27 » The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.
    • July 14 » The Chicago Fire of 1874 burns down 47 acres of the city, destroying 812 buildings, killing 20, and resulting in the fire insurance industry demanding municipal reforms from Chicago's city council.
    • August 5 » Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.

Day of marriage November 5, 1900

  • The temperature on November 5, 1900 was about 3.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 2 » American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
    • January 16 » The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
    • February 18 » Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
    • April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
    • May 17 » The children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister.
    • September 17 » Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham Jr. at Mabitac.

Day of death September 24, 1933

  • The temperature on September 24, 1933 was between 10.5 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1933: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
    • March 4 » The Parliament of Austria is suspended because of a quibble over procedure - Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss initiates an authoritarian rule by decree.
    • March 12 » Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This is also the first of his "fireside chats".
    • May 10 » Censorship: In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings.
    • August 27 » The first Afrikaans Bible is introduced during a Bible Festival in Bloemfontein.
    • September 8 » Ghazi bin Faisal became King of Iraq.
    • September 26 » As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don't shoot, G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.


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