RanHam Tree » Dolphus Edwards (1874-1944)
Personal data Dolphus Edwards
Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7- He was born on April 9, 1874 in Missouri, Verenigde Staten.Sources 2, 3, 5, 7
- Alternative: He was born about 1875 in Missouri.Source 3
- Alternative: He was born on April 9, 1874 in Missouri, Verenigde Staten.
- Resident:
- in the year 1930: Adams Creek, Wagoner, Oklahoma, USA.Source 7
- in the year 1920: Cookson, Cherokee, Oklahoma, USA.Source 5
- in the year 1880: Cass, Stone, Missouri, Verenigde Staten.Source 3
- Bet. 1917–1918: Cherokee, Oklahoma.Source 2
- in the year 1880: Cass, Stone, Missouri, Verenigde Staten.Source 3
- He died on July 20, 1944 in Wagoner, Wagoner, Oklahoma, United States, he was 70 years old.Sources 4, 6
- He is buried in Broken Arrow, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA.Sources 4, 6
- A child of Harrison Edwards and Julia Ethel Keys
Household of Dolphus Edwards
(1) He is married to Ada Bell Smith.
They got married on March 25, 1894, he was 19 years old.
Child(ren):
- E May Edwards ± 1897-< 1900
- Bert/Burt Edwards 1900-< 1910
- James Ed Edwards 1906-1988
- J W Edwards ± 1909-< 1920
- Everett Ora Edwards 1911-1993
- Clarence Robert Edwards 1913-1989
(2) He is married to Grace Rains.
They got married about 1916 at OK.
Child(ren):
- Ed Edwards ± 1907-
- (Not public)
- Lester Dolphus Edwards 1918-1962
- (Not public)
- Richard Ernie Edwards 1921-1922
- (Not public)
- Joe Howard Edwards 1925-2010
Timeline Dolphus Edwards
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Sources
- (Not public)
- U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Ancestry.com, Registration State: Oklahoma; Registration County: Cherokee; Roll: 1851695 / Ancestry.com
- 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Year: 1880; Census Place: Cass, Stone, Missouri; Roll: 738; Family History Film: 1254738; Page: 21A; Enumeration District: 120; Image: 0153 / Ancestry.com
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- Web: RootsWeb Cemetery Index, 1800-2010, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
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Historical events
Birthday April 9, 1874
- The temperature on April 9, 1874 was about 13.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 48%. 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.
- 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.
- July 31 » Dr. Patrick Francis Healy became the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown University.
- December 29 » The military coup of Gen. Martinez Campos in Sagunto ends the failed First Spanish Republic and the monarchy is restored as Prince Alfonso is proclaimed King of Spain.
Day of marriage March 25, 1894
- The temperature on March 25, 1894 was about 6.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- 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 1894: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 9 » New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
- March 16 » Jules Massenet's opera Thaïs is first performed.
- April 21 » Norway formally adopts the Krag–Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
- May 11 » Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike.
- August 22 » Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
- September 1 » Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
Day of death July 20, 1944
- The temperature on July 20, 1944 was between 12.8 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 1944: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
- January 29 » World War II: Approximately 38 people are killed and about a dozen injured when the Polish village of Koniuchy (present-day Kaniūkai, Lithuania) is attacked by Soviet partisan units.
- February 29 » World War II: The Admiralty Islands are invaded in Operation Brewer led by American General Douglas MacArthur.
- March 5 » World War II: The Red Army begins the Uman–Botoșani Offensive in the western Ukrainian SSR.
- June 20 » Continuation War: The Soviet Union demands an unconditional surrender from Finland during the beginning of partially successful Vyborg-Petrozavodsk Offensive. The Finnish government refuses.
- September 19 » World War II: The Moscow Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed.
- September 27 » The Kassel Mission results in the largest loss by a USAAF group on any mission in World War II.
Same birth/death day
- 1867 » Charles Winckler, Danish tug of war competitor, discus thrower, and shot putter († 1932)
- 1867 » Chris Watson, Chilean-Australian journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia († 1941)
- 1872 » Léon Blum, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France († 1950)
- 1875 » Jacques Futrelle, American journalist and author († 1912)
- 1880 » Jan Letzel, Czech architect († 1925)
- 1882 » Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin († 1946)
- 1937 » Guglielmo Marconi, Italian physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
- 1937 » Olga Hahn-Neurath, Austrian mathematician and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1882)
- 1941 » Lew Fields, American actor and producer (b. 1867)
- 1944 » Ludwig Beck, German general (b. 1880)
- 1945 » Paul Valéry, French author and poet (b. 1871)
- 1951 » Abdullah I, king of Jordan (b. 1882)
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The RanHam Tree publication was prepared by Randy James Hammock.
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Randy James Hammock, "RanHam Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/ranham-tree/P763.php : accessed February 11, 2026), "Dolphus Edwards (1874-1944)".