Sherren Family Tree » Donald Haigh Pontefract (1902-1991)

Personal data Donald Haigh Pontefract 

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Household of Donald Haigh Pontefract

He is married to Mary Claughton.

They got married on September 2, 1925 at Bradford Road, Stanningley, Leeds, West Riding, Yorkshire, England, he was 23 years old.Sources 1, 2, 6


Child(ren):

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

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Donald Haigh Pontefract

George Henry Pontefract
1847-1915
Ellen Boothroyd
1845-1921
Walter Haigh
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Sarah Jane Johnson
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Donald Haigh Pontefract
1902-1991

1925

Mary Claughton
1900-2000

Alan Pontefract
1926-1974
(Not public)

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Sources

  1. West Yorkshire, Non-Conformist Records, 1646-1985, Ancestry.com, MR75/1 / Ancestry.com
  2. England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916-2005, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  3. West Yorkshire, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910, Ancestry.com, West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: WDP56/1/1/4 / Ancestry.ca
  4. England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD / 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

Birthday January 4, 1902

  • The temperature on January 4, 1902 was between 5.5 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • February 27 » Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
    • April 14 » James Cash Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
    • May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
    • May 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
    • October 24 » Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
    • November 21 » The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first ever professional American football night game.

Christening day July 20, 1902

  • The temperature on July 20, 1902 was between 8.8 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (6%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • January 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
    • March 6 » Real Madrid CF is founded.
    • April 2 » "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
    • April 18 » The 7.5 Mw  Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
    • May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
    • December 28 » The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.

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 21 » Albania declares itself a republic.
    • February 15 » The 1925 serum run to Nome: The second delivery of serum arrives in Nome, Alaska.
    • April 4 » The Schutzstaffel (SS) is founded under Adolf Hitler's Nazi party in Germany.
    • July 25 » Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established.
    • September 17 » Frida Kahlo suffers near-fatal injuries in a bus accident in Mexico, causing her to abandon her medical studies and take up art.
    • November 28 » The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee, as the WSM Barn Dance.


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Source: Wikipedia


About the surname Pontefract


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