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Personal data James Madison Cook 

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Household of James Madison Cook

He is married to Lael Octavia Landes.

They got married on December 25, 1901 at Stamps, Lafayette, Arkansas, USA, he was 18 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. William Elbert Cook  1907-1997 
  2. Nathalie Cook  1914-2001

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Ancestors (and descendant) of James Madison Cook

James Madison Cook
1883-1945

1901

Lael Octavia Landes
1884-1953

William Elbert Cook
1907-1997
Nathalie Cook
1914-2001

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Historical events

Birthday January 16, 1883

  • The temperature on January 16, 1883 was about 2.7 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • 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 1883: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • June 5 » The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
    • August 12 » The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
    • October 4 » First run of the Orient Express.
    • October 20 » Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.
    • October 22 » The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust.
    • December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.

Day of marriage December 25, 1901

  • The temperature on December 25, 1901 was between 3.9 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (35%). 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 Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • January 1 » The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
    • January 22 » Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
    • February 2 » Funeral of Queen Victoria.
    • August 6 » Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
    • August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
    • October 29 » In Amherst, Massachusetts, nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.

Day of death June 18, 1945

  • The temperature on June 18, 1945 was between 7.1 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
  • In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
    • February 14 » World War II: On the first day of the bombing of Dresden, the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces begin fire-bombing Dresden.
    • March 21 » World War II: Operation Carthage: Royal Air Force planes bomb Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark. They also accidentally hit a school, killing 125 civilians.
    • April 1 » World War II: The Tenth United States Army attacks the Thirty-Second Japanese Army on Okinawa.
    • April 16 » More than 7,000 die when the German refugee ship Goya is sunk by a Soviet submarine.
    • August 15 » Jewel Voice Broadcast by the Emperor Showa following effective surrender of Japan in the World War II, Korea gains Independence from the Empire of Japan.
    • October 17 » A massive demonstration in Buenos Aires, Argentina, demands Juan Perón's release.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1876 » Claude Buckenham, English cricketer and footballer († 1937)
  • 1878 » Harry Carey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1947)
  • 1880 » Samuel Jones, American high jumper († 1954)
  • 1882 » Margaret Wilson, American author († 1973)
  • 1885 » Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author and translator († 1967)
  • 1888 » Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic († 1945)

Source: Wikipedia


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