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  • She was born on August 20, 1908 in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.Source 1
    Name:Sophia Van Praag
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    Event Type:Birth
    Event Date:20 Feb 1908
    Event Place:Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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    Father's Name:Jacob Van Praag
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    Mother's Name:Jennie Swart
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    Reference ID:p 550
    GS Film number:2315251
    Digital Folder Number:4212542
    Image Number:183

    Citing this Record:
    "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXHQ-S5D : accessed 7 September 2015), Jacob Van Praag in entry for Sophia Van Praag, 20 Feb 1908; citing Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, reference p 550, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,315,251.
  • Fact: (vermelding) United States Census, 1930.Source 2
    Name:Sophia Van Praag
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    Event Type:Census
    Event Date:1930
    Event Place:Boston (Districts 251-500), Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
    District:ED 399
    Gender:Female
    Age:22
    Marital Status:Single
    Race:White
    Race (Original):White
    Relationship to Head of Household:Daughter
    Relationship to Head of Household (Original):Daughter
    Birth Year (Estimated):1908
    Birthplace:Massachusetts
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    Father's Birthplace:Holland
    Mother's Birthplace:Holland
    Sheet Letter:A
    Sheet Number:10
    Sheet Number and Letter:10A
    Household ID:190
    Line Number:2
    Affiliate Name:The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
    Affiliate Publication Number:T626
    Affiliate Film Number:951
    GS Film Number:2340686
    Digital Folder Number:004950018
    Image Number:01128

    HouseholdRoleGenderAgeBirthplace
    Markus Van PraagSonM26England
    Sophia Van PraagDaughterF22Massachusetts
    Louis Van PraagBrotherM38Holland

    Citing this Record:
    "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQR8-8WR : accessed 27 December 2015), Sophia Van Praag in entry for Markus Van Praag, 1930.
  • Resident from before 1935 till after 1940: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.
  • She died April 1967, she was 58 years old.
  • A child of Jacob van Praag and Schoontje Swart
  • This information was last updated on September 7, 2015.

Household of Sophia van Praag

She is married to Wilbur W Small, born Smulovitch.

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Child(ren):

  2. Janice Smulovitch  1936-2004 
  3. (Not public)

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    Sources

    1. "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXHQ-S5D : accessed 7 September 2015), Jacob Van Praag in entry for Sophia Van Praag, 20 Feb 1908; citing Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, reference p 550, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,315,251.
    2. "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQR8-8WR : accessed 27 December 2015), Sophia Van Praag in entry for Markus Van Praag, 1930.

    Historical events

    Birthday August 20, 1908

    • The temperature on August 20, 1908 was between 11.0 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • 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 1908: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
      • January 13 » The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
      • April 14 » Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1m) high downstream.
      • June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.
      • September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
      • October 14 » The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning the 2016 World Series.
      • November 7 » Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente Canton, Bolivia.
    

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    • 1909 » Alby Roberts, New Zealand cricketer and rugby player († 1978)
    • 1909 » André Morell, English actor († 1978)
    • 1910 » Eero Saarinen, Finnish-American architect and furniture designer, designed the Gateway Arch († 1961)

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