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Sources

  1. 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1910; Census Place: Levan, Jackson, Illinois; Roll: T624_293; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0054; FHL microfilm: 1374306 / Ancestry.com
  2. 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1920; Census Place: Levan, Jackson, Illinois; Roll: T625_376; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 58; Image: 197 / Ancestry.com
  3. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  4. 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1940; Census Place: Levan, Jackson, Illinois; Roll: T627_814; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 39-24 / Ancestry.com
  5. 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1900; Census Place: Levan, Jackson, Illinois; Roll: 307; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0025; FHL microfilm: 1240307 / Ancestry.com
  6. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, Ancestry.com, The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War II Draft Cards (Fourth Registration), for The State of Illinois; State Headquarters: Illinois; Microfilm Series: M2097; Microfilm Roll: 264 / Ancestry.com
  7. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Ancestry.com, Registration State: Illinois; Registration County: Jackson; Roll: 1613525 / Ancestry.com
  8. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  9. 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1930; Census Place: Levan, Jackson, Illinois; Roll: 520; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0021; Image: 994.0; FHL microfilm: 2340255 / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Birthday November 29, 1884

  • The temperature on November 29, 1884 was about 4.1 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
    • May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
    • October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
    • October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
    • October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.
    • November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.

Day of death November 17, 1959

  • The temperature on November 17, 1959 was between 0.9 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1959: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
    • February 2 » Nine experienced ski hikers in the northern Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union die under mysterious circumstances.
    • February 17 » Project Vanguard: Vanguard 2: The first weather satellite is launched to measure cloud-cover distribution.
    • May 16 » The Triton Fountain in Valletta, Malta is turned on for the first time.
    • August 7 » Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
    • August 17 » Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
    • November 19 » The Ford Motor Company announces the discontinuation of the unpopular Edsel.


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