Sherren Family Tree » Mary Claughton (1900-2000)

Personal data Mary Claughton 

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Household of Mary Claughton

She is married to Donald Haigh Pontefract.

They got married on September 2, 1925 at Bradford Road, Stanningley, Leeds, West Riding, Yorkshire, England, she was 25 years old.Sources 1, 2, 5


Child(ren):

  1. Alan Pontefract  1926-1974 
  2. (Not public)

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Mary Claughton

Mary Claughton
1900-2000

1925

Donald Haigh Pontefract
1902-1991

Alan Pontefract
1926-1974
(Not public)

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Sources

  1. England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916-2005, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  2. West Yorkshire, Non-Conformist Records, 1646-1985, Ancestry.com, MR75/1 / Ancestry.com
  3. England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD / Ancestry.com
  4. England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2006, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  5. Blandford/Branes-Austin Family Tree, Adsetts/Pontefract Family Tree (Owner: dapont1) / Ancestry.ca

Historical events

Birthday May 21, 1900

  • The temperature on May 21, 1900 was about 12.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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 year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 27 » Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
    • March 24 » Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
    • May 18 » The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
    • June 14 » The second German Naval Law calls for the Imperial German Navy to be doubled in size, resulting in an Anglo-German naval arms race.
    • July 2 » Jean Sibelius' Finlandia receives its première performance in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Society conducted by Robert Kajanus.
    • August 16 » The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.

Day of marriage September 2, 1925

  • The temperature on September 2, 1925 was between 11.6 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
    • January 30 » The Government of Turkey expels Patriarch Constantine VI from Istanbul.
    • February 28 » The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
    • April 30 » Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Co. for US$146million plus $50million for charity.
    • May 1 » The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded. Today it is the largest trade union in the world, with 134million members.
    • May 5 » Scopes Trial: Serving of an arrest warrant on John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
    • June 16 » The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the Soviet Union, Artek, is established.

Day of death May 20, 2000

  • The temperature on May 20, 2000 was between 5.4 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2000: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
    • January 3 » Final daily edition of the Peanuts comic strip.
    • January 21 » Ecuador: After the Ecuadorian Congress is seized by indigenous organizations, Col. Lucio Gutiérrez, Carlos Solorzano and Antonio Vargas depose President Jamil Mahuad. Gutierrez is later replaced by Gen. Carlos Mendoza, who resigns and allows Vice-President Gustavo Noboa to succeed Mahuad.
    • February 2 » First digital cinema projection in Europe (Paris) realized by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments.
    • May 24 » Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
    • August 8 » Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor and 30 years after its discovery by undersea explorer E. Lee Spence.
    • November 11 » Kaprun disaster: One hundred fifty-five skiers and snowboarders die when a cable car catches fire in an alpine tunnel in Kaprun, Austria.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


About the surname Claughton


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