Sherren Family Tree » John Stephen Sherren (Rev. & Flight Lieutenant) (1895-1976)

Personal data John Stephen Sherren (Rev. & Flight Lieutenant) 

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Household of John Stephen Sherren (Rev. & Flight Lieutenant)

He is married to Ruby Anne de Athe.

They got married on September 13, 1935 at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, he was 40 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

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Notes about John Stephen Sherren (Rev. & Flight Lieutenant)

John S. Sherren enlisted from King’s College where he was a Theological student and went overseas with the NS Highlanders in 1915. He transferred to the Royal Air Force in England. On receiving his wings he was commissioned as Flight Lieutenant. While serving in England his duties were testing new machines and flying them to their base in France. On one of these missions he made a crash landing and was seriously injured being hospitalized until the end of the war. On his return to Canada he resumed his studies and was ordained to the Priesthood of the Church of England. At the outbreak of WW II he enlisted as Chaplain in the Royal Canadian Navy. He served overseas and was in London when the Battle of Britain was at its peak. He retired at the end of hostilities with the rank of Lieutenant Commander. It is interesting to note that he served in the three branch of the Armed Forces. He was Rector of the Parish of Wilmot, NS.[Taken from Janis Kendell's on line tree]

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Sources

  1. Nova Scotia, Canada, Marriages, 1763-1935, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.ca
  2. UK, Navy Lists, 1888-1970, Ancestry.com, Peter Singlehurst; Year: 1944 / Ancestry.com
  3. U.S. Naturalization Records Indexes, 1794-1995, Ancestry.com, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Index Cards to Naturalization Petitions for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division, Detroit, 1907-1995; Microfilm Serial: M1917; Microfilm Roll: / Ancestry.com
  4. Canada, World War I CEF Personnel Files, 1914-1918, Ancestry.com, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; CEF Personnel Files; Reference: RG 150; Volume: Box 8859 - 31 / Ancestry.com
  5. UK, WWI Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923, Ancestry.com, Western Front Association; London, England; WWI Pension Record Cards and Ledgers; Reference: 014/0042/SHE-SMI / Ancestry.com
  6. Web: Prince Edward Island, Baptism Index, 1788-1943, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  7. Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  8. Thea Clayton's book: The Sherrens of Broadmayne, Sherren Book, pg. 9/E

Historical events

Birthday August 23, 1895

  • The temperature on August 23, 1895 was about 19.5 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 24 » Revolution breaks out in Baire, a town near Santiago de Cuba, beginning the Cuban War of Independence, that ends with the Spanish–American War in 1898.
    • April 3 » The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
    • April 6 » Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London, after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
    • September 18 » The Atlanta Exposition Speech on race relations is delivered by Booker T. Washington.
    • October 4 » Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship.
    • December 28 » The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines.

Christening day March 8, 1896

Day of marriage September 13, 1935



Same birth/death day

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