Sherren Family Tree » James Wright (1918-1982)

Personal data James Wright 

Sources 1, 2, 3

Household of James Wright

He is married to Francis Jane Sherren.

They got married on September 18, 1941 at Charlottetown, Queens Co., Prince Edward Island, Canada, he was 23 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

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Notes about James Wright

Jim was a member of the Royal Air Force and stationed near Charlottetown. He was an airplane mechanic and a test pilot during the war. It was necessary for him to go overseas in 1942, where he served until the end of the war. After returning home, he became an automobile mechanic and worked in top name garages, as well as owning his own business in Montreal. [notes from Joseph's book]

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Sources

  1. Prince Edward Island, Canada, Baptisms, Marriages, Burials, 1780-1983, Ancestry.com, Microtech Supply and Services; Charlottetown; Author: Prince Edward Island Public Archives; St. Peter Anglican Church of Canada (Charlottetown); FHL Roll: 1630134 / Ancestry.com
  2. Canada, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, Ancestry.com, The Gazette; Publication Date: 26 Jul 1961; Publication Place: Montreal, Quebec, Canada; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/420718182/?article=4f61b612-e833-4378-97cc-3a5538cb984f&focus=0.8345268,0.4560268,0.9593651,0.50021404&xid=3355 / Ancestry.com
  3. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007, Ancestry.com, General Register Office; United Kingdom; Reference: Volume 1d, Page 953 / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Birthday July 4, 1918

  • The temperature on July 4, 1918 was between 9.8 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
    • February 21 » The last Carolina parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo.
    • February 24 » Estonian Declaration of Independence.
    • July 15 » World War I: The Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack.
    • August 2 » The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.
    • November 18 » Latvia declares its independence from Russia.
    • November 26 » The Montenegran Podgorica Assembly votes for a "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia.

Day of marriage September 18, 1941

  • The temperature on September 18, 1941 was between 9.7 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • 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 1941: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
    • April 14 » World War II: German general Erwin Rommel attacks Tobruk.
    • April 27 » World War II: German troops enter Athens.
    • April 28 » The Ustaše massacre nearly 200 Serbs in the village of Gudovac, the first massacre of their genocidal campaign against Serbs of the Independent State of Croatia.
    • June 3 » World War II: The Wehrmacht razes the Greek village of Kandanos to the ground and murders 180 of its inhabitants.
    • June 27 » Romanian authorities launch one of the most violent pogroms in Jewish history in the city of Iași, resulting in the murder of at least 13,266 Jews.
    • October 30 » Holocaust: Fifteen hundred Jews from Pidhaytsi are sent by Nazis to Bełżec extermination camp.

Day of death December 27, 1982

  • The temperature on December 27, 1982 was between 5.5 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Saturday, May 29, 1982 to Thursday, November 4, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt III, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1982: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
    • May 12 » During a procession outside the shrine of the Virgin Mary in Fátima, Portugal, security guards overpower Juan María Fernández y Krohn before he can attack Pope John Paul II with a bayonet.
    • June 20 » The Argentine Corbeta Uruguay base on Southern Thule surrenders to Royal Marine commandos in the final action of the Falklands War.
    • June 21 » John Hinckley is found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted assassination of U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
    • August 27 » Turkish military diplomat Colonel Atilla Altıkat is shot and killed in Ottawa. Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide claim to be avenging the massacre of 1​⁄2 million Armenians in the 1915 Armenian Genocide.
    • October 14 » U.S. President Ronald Reagan proclaims a War on Drugs.
    • November 30 » Michael Jackson's sixth solo studio album, Thriller, is released worldwide, ultimately to become the best-selling record album in history.


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