Sherren Family Tree » Dorothy Rachael Smith (1893-1973)
Personal data Dorothy Rachael Smith
Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4- She was born on October 7, 1893 in Sherborne, Dorset, England (UK).Sources 2, 3, 4
- (Scottish Smith Coat of Arms) in the year 1893: Clan: SMITH.
- She died on April 14, 1973 in Southampton, England (UK), she was 79 years old.Source 2
- A child of Alfred Edward Smith and Sarah Ann Cox
Household of Dorothy Rachael Smith
She is married to Reginald Eli Goff.
They got married on December 26, 1917 at Sherborne, Dorset, England (UK), she was 24 years old.Source 4
Child(ren):
- Ethel Violet Smith 1912-1975
- Daisy B. Goff 1925-1943
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Sources
- England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD / Ancestry.com
- Dorset, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921, Ancestry.com, Dorset History Centre; Dorchester, England; Reference: PE/SH: RE 3/9 - 11 / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday October 7, 1893
- The temperature on October 7, 1893 was about 11.7 °C. There was 13 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- July 9 » Daniel Hale Williams, American heart surgeon, performs the first successful open-heart surgery in United States without anesthesia.
- August 15 » Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton.
- September 19 » In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor, giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.
- September 28 » Foundation of the Portuguese football club FC Porto.
- November 7 » Women's suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so.
- December 4 » First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers is ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors on the Shangani River in Matabeleland.
Day of marriage December 26, 1917
- The temperature on December 26, 1917 was between -5.3 °C and 0.7 °C and averaged -1.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- February 23 » First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8 in the Gregorian calendar).
- March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
- June 11 » King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
- June 23 » In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire.
- July 6 » World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
- December 15 » World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.
Day of death April 14, 1973
- The temperature on April 14, 1973 was between -2.8 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1973: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
- January 8 » Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins.
- January 27 » The Paris Peace Accords officially end the Vietnam War. Colonel William Nolde is killed in action becoming the conflict's last recorded American combat casualty.
- March 29 » Operation Barrel Roll, a covert American bombing campaign in Laos to stop communist infiltration of South Vietnam, ends.
- August 14 » The Pakistan Constitution of 1973 comes into effect.
- September 18 » The Bahamas, East Germany and West Germany are admitted to the United Nations.
- December 18 » Soviet Soyuz Programme: Soyuz 13, crewed by cosmonauts Valentin Lebedev and Pyotr Klimuk, is launched from Baikonur in the Soviet Union.
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