Sherren Family Tree » John Patrick "Pat" (John Patrick "Pat") Sherren (Lt. Col.) (Father) (1916-1989)

Personal data John Patrick "Pat" (John Patrick "Pat") Sherren (Lt. Col.) (Father) 

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  • First name John Patrick "Pat".
  • He was born on September 27, 1916 in Fort William (now Thunder Bay) Ontario, Canada.
  • He died on July 13, 1989 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, he was 72 years old.
    Death Certificate. He died from Heart disease, high blood pressure and Chronic Leukemia at the Kingston General Hospital
  • He is buried in the year 1989 in Howe Island, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada.
    He was cremated and placed at the family property. When his wife died their cremations were then scattered into the St Lawrence River at their request.
  • A child of Claude Irving Sherren and Nora Kathleen Hobson

Household of John Patrick "Pat" (John Patrick "Pat") Sherren (Lt. Col.) (Father)

He is married to Jantine "Tiny" Molenaar.

They got married on November 16, 1945 at Westminster, Middlesex Co., England, he was 29 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. (Not public)
  2. (Not public)


Notes about John Patrick "Pat" (John Patrick "Pat") Sherren (Lt. Col.) (Father)

Dad was a military career man, rising through the ranks during WWII, and eventually retiring in 1967 as Lieutenant Colonel. He enlisted in the Permanent Active Militia, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps as a private in 1938. In July 1939, Dad was promoted to Armament Staff Sergeant and transferred to the Canadian Active Service Force. There, he was promoted to Temporary Armament Staff Sargeant and appointed Acting Armament Quartermaster Sargeant. In 1941 he was promoted to Lieutenant and in May of 1943 promoted to Captain. In July 1943, Dad was transferred from The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps to the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RCEME). He was promoted to acting Major then was reverted back to Captain on posting. In July 1946, he was transferred to the Canadian Active Force and in October 1946 was promoted to Major. In 1959 he was promoted to acting Lieutenant Colonel and in 1960 was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. Dad was honorably discharged in June of 1967.
Dad served in both the Italian front and the liberation of Holland. He received the following Decorations:
> 1939-45 Star
> Italy Star
> France and Germany Star
> Defence Medal
> Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp
> War Medal 1939-45
> United Nations Emergency Force Medal
> Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal 1953
> Canadian Forces Decoration and Clasp.
After his retirement, Dad joined UNICEF as a Transport Management Consultant and spent several years in Guyana, Indonesia, Pakistan and Korea. After serving with UNICEF, he built his own house on picturesque Howe Island, east of Kingston in the Thousand Islands, which he later sold to his oldest son, Claude. He subsequently built a large two-story edition to a travel trailer he had parked on the property across the lane from the "Big House." Dad died of a massive heart attack on 13 July 1989. His remains currently lie under a flower bed overlooking the St. Lawrence River on the property he came to love so much. In August 2002, Dad was posthumously awarded the United Nations Emergency Force Medal from the Canadian government for his peacetime duty in Egypt, and a "1945 Thank You" medal from the Dutch government for his part in the liberation of Holland. Mum was presented with these medals during a ceremony at Howe Island.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Patrick "Pat" Sherren

William White Sherren
1828-1897
Alice Brooker
1855-1914
John Morrison Hobson
1853-1931
Emily Ashton Watts
1854-1930

John Patrick "Pat" Sherren
1916-1989

1945

Jantine "Tiny" Molenaar
1917-2017

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Sources

  1. England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005, Ancestry.com
    Marriage date: Dec 1945 Marriage place: Westminster, Middlesex
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  2. Canada, Military Honours and Awards Citation Cards, 1900-1961, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Birthday September 27, 1916

  • The temperature on September 27, 1916 was between 11.7 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
    • June 4 » World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
    • August 17 » World War I: Romania signs a secret treaty with the Entente Powers. According to the treaty, Romania agreed to join the war on the Allied side.
    • October 7 » Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
    • November 7 » Boston Elevated Railway Company's streetcar No. 393 smashes through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, Massachusetts, plunging into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel, killing 46 people.
    • November 13 » World War I: Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.
    • December 6 » World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.

Day of marriage November 16, 1945

  • The temperature on November 16, 1945 was between -2.9 °C and 1.5 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
  • In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
    • February 21 » World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, Japanese kamikaze planes sink the escort carrier USSBismarck Sea and damage the USSSaratoga.
    • March 17 » The Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen, Germany, collapses, ten days after its capture.
    • April 16 » World War II: The Red Army begins the final assault on German forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fighting in the Battle of the Seelow Heights.
    • April 30 » World War II: Stalag Luft I prisoner-of-war camp near Barth, Germany is liberated by Soviet soldiers, freeing nearly 9000 American and British airmen.
    • August 9 » The Red Army invades Japanese-occupied Manchuria.
    • October 21 » French women vote for the first time during the 1945 French legislative election.

Day of death July 13, 1989

  • The temperature on July 13, 1989 was between 11.4 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1989: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.8 million citizens.
    • May 20 » The Chinese authorities declare martial law in the face of pro-democracy demonstrations, setting the scene for the Tiananmen Square massacre.
    • August 16 » A solar particle event affects computers at the Toronto Stock Exchange, forcing a halt to trading.
    • August 24 » Colombian drug barons declare "total war" on the Colombian government.
    • October 3 » A coup in Panama City is suppressed and 11 participants are executed.
    • December 16 » Romanian Revolution: Protests break out in Timișoara, Romania, in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor László Tőkés.
    • December 25 » Romanian Revolution: Deposed President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife, Elena, are condemned to death and executed after a summary trial.


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