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Personal data Douglas Kay Martin 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4

Household of Douglas Kay Martin

He is married to Margaret Sherren.

They got married on July 4, 1942 at Granby, Shefford, Québec, Canada, he was 31 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

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


Notes about Douglas Kay Martin

Douglas worked for the Minor Rubber Company as a systems superintendent and later with the Department of Highways in Ontario prior to retiring. Doug died during surgery for an ulcer when the doctor mistakenly cut his liver causing him to bleed to death.This couple was very much in love and Doug's last words to her before going for his operation were "I love you".

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Sources

  1. Canada, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, Ancestry.com, The Gazette; Publication Date: 3 Apr 1990; Publication Place: Montreal, Quebec, Canada; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/423619024/?article=aedd9f73-bc9b-4f25-bb4f-88fed2bbb578&focus=0.3496009,0.36349475,0.50572085,0.4137886&xid=3355 / Ancestry.com
  2. Web: Canada, GenWeb Cemetery Index, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  3. Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  4. Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968, Ancestry.com, Institut Généalogique Drouin; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Drouin Collection; Author: Gabriel Drouin, comp. / Ancestry.com
  5. Sherrens of the World - Book: by Joseph Sherren, Joseph C. Sherren's research book, page 85

Historical events

Birthday August 29, 1910

  • The temperature on August 29, 1910 was between 13.7 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
    • May 4 » The Royal Canadian Navy is created.
    • June 19 » The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
    • July 16 » John Robertson Duigan makes the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft built in Australia.
    • August 22 » Korea is annexed by Japan with the signing of the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, beginning a period of Japanese rule of Korea that lasted until the end of World War II.
    • November 10 » The date of Thomas A. Davis' opening of the San Diego Army and Navy Academy, although the official founding date is November 23, 1910.
    • November 23 » Johan Alfred Ander becomes the last person to be executed in Sweden.

Day of marriage July 4, 1942

  • The temperature on July 4, 1942 was between 13.3 °C and 26.8 °C and averaged 19.7 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
    • February 1 » Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States government, begins broadcasting with programs aimed at areas controlled by the Axis powers.
    • February 8 » World War II: Dutch Colonial Army General Destruction Unit (AVC, Algemene Vernielings Corps) burns Banjarmasin, South Borneo to avoid Japanese capture.
    • July 18 » The Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 using its jet engines for the first time.
    • August 11 » Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones and Wi-Fi.
    • September 21 » The Boeing B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight.
    • October 30 » World War II: Lt. Tony Fasson and Able Seaman Colin Grazier drown while taking code books from the sinking German submarine U-559.

Day of death May 2, 1981

  • The temperature on May 2, 1981 was between 0.8 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • 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 year 1981: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.2 million citizens.
    • January 18 » Phil Smith and Phil Mayfield parachute off a Houston skyscraper, becoming the first two people to BASE jump from objects in all four categories: buildings, antennae, spans (bridges), and earth (cliffs).
    • February 6 » The National Resistance Army of Uganda launches an attack on a Ugandan Army installation in the central Mubende District to begin the Ugandan Bush War.
    • February 13 » A series of sewer explosions destroys more than two miles of streets in Louisville, Kentucky.
    • May 26 » An EA-6B Prowler crashes on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USSNimitz, killing 14 crewmen and injuring 45 others.
    • June 13 » At the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager, Marcus Sarjeant, fires six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II.
    • September 3 » The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, an international bill of rights for women, is instituted by the United Nations.


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