Sherren Family Tree » Henry Pontefract (1870-1935)

Personal data Henry Pontefract 

Sources 1, 2Sources 2, 3, 4, 5

Household of Henry Pontefract

He is married to Mary Caroline Haigh.

They got married on September 4, 1890 at Huddersfield, Yorkshire England, he was 19 years old.Sources 1, 2, 6


Child(ren):

  1. Wilfred Pontefract  1891-1973 
  5. Jack Pontefract  1906-1985 

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Sources

  1. West Yorkshire, England, Marriages and Banns, 1813-1935, Ancestry.com, West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; Old Reference Number: D56/4; New Reference Number: WDP56/1/2/1 / Ancestry.ca
  2. England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD / Ancestry.com
  3. England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD / Ancestry.com
  4. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  5. England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2006, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  6. Blandford/Branes-Austin Family Tree, Adsetts/Pontefract Family Tree (Owner: dapont1) / Ancestry.ca

Historical events

Day of marriage September 4, 1890

  • The temperature on September 4, 1890 was about 14.2 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1890: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 22 » The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio.
    • July 1 » Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
    • July 10 » Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
    • July 26 » In Buenos Aires, Argentina the Revolución del Parque takes place, forcing President Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman's resignation.
    • September 12 » Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
    • December 30 » Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight.

Day of death February 19, 1935

  • The temperature on February 19, 1935 was between 3.8 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1935: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
    • January 7 » Benito Mussolini and French Foreign minister Pierre Laval sign the Franco-Italian Agreement.
    • May 24 » The first night game in Major League Baseball history is played in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the Cincinnati Reds beating the Philadelphia Phillies 2–1 at Crosley Field.
    • May 29 » First flight of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aeroplane.
    • June 3 » One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa.
    • June 25 » Colombia–Soviet Union relations are established.
    • November 22 » The China Clipper inaugurates the first commercial transpacific air service, connecting Alameda, California with Manila.


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