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Personal data Robert Cranstoun BROWN 


Household of Robert Cranstoun BROWN

He is married to Doreen MAPHAM.

They got married on November 15, 1945, he was 24 years old.


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Notes about Robert Cranstoun BROWN

The following Newspaper
cuttings come from the 'Eastern Province Herald', October 1967.
The charming homestead on 'Glen Avon' which was built by Robert Hart round about
1825 and which is now occupied by his direct descendant, Mr. R.C. Brown, his wife
and family. The house was built of stone and roofed with imported Welsh slate. It has
been restored under the supervision of a well-known Port Elizabeth architect and
furnished with antiques appropriate to the period. A wing has been added to the house
but it is perfectly in keeping with the original structure. The veranda railings are those
put up by Robert Hart. Theyare of iron and are set in lead.
The old Mill at 'Glen Avon', Somerset east must be one of the very few mills of its
type left in South Africa. It is still in working order and is used for grinding wheat and
stock food. The wheat, incidentally, which is grown on 'Glen Avon' is used for baking
the family bread. The mill machiner, which was made in Leeds, England in 1861 and
the grinding stone, whichcame from Scotland and is of Aberdeen granite, were
transported to 'Glen Avon' from Algoa Bay and over the Zuurberg Mountains by ox
wagon some time in the 1800's. The wheel is 20 feet in diameter.
The grave of Robert Hart is on the estate and a Presbyterian church, erected in 1850 is
now used as a coloured school. The estate is about three miles out of Somerset East

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    Historical events

    Birthday September 7, 1921

    • The temperature on September 7, 1921 was between 4.8 °C and 25.2 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
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      • September 8 » Margaret Gorman, a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.
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      • October 29 » The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed.
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      • November 11 » The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery.

    Day of marriage November 15, 1945

    • The temperature on November 15, 1945 was between -1.8 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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.
      • March 7 » World War II: American troops seize the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine river at Remagen.
      • April 9 » Execution of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, anti-Nazi dissident and spy, by the Nazi regime.
      • May 5 » World War II: Dönitz gives Löhr permission to seek an armistice with the Western Allies to preserve a communist free Austria and recognising first, from a German standpoint, the separation of Austria from Germany undoing the Anschluss.
      • May 29 » First combat mission of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber.
      • July 31 » Pierre Laval, the fugitive former leader of Vichy France, surrenders to Allied soldiers in Austria.
      • September 5 » Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese American suspected of being wartime radio propagandist Tokyo Rose, is arrested in Yokohama.

    Day of death May 16, 1992

    • The temperature on May 16, 1992 was between 8.8 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (86%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1992: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
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      • September 11 » Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricanes in United States history, devastates the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Oahu.
      • November 11 » The General Synod of the Church of England votes to allow women to become priests.
    

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