Family tree Servaes, Maastricht/Venlo/Straelen/Neuss/Düsseldorf » Percy Charles Vestey (1893-1939)

Personal data Percy Charles Vestey 

  • He was born on March 2, 1893.
  • Fact: (vermelding) Sir Edmund Vestey, 1st Baronet.Source 1
    Sir Edmund Hoyle Vestey, 1st Baronet (3 February 1866 – 18 November 1953) was an English food producer and importer and shipowner, and co-founder with his brother William of Vestey Brothers.

    Vestey was born in Rainford, Lancashire,[1] the fifth child of provision merchant Samuel Vestey. He was educated at the Liverpool Institute and then joined his father's firm in 1883. He was soon given the management of his father's corned beef cannery in Chicago. In 1890 he joined William in his new business of importing refrigerated meat from Argentina. The Union Cold Storage Company was to become one of the world's largest cold storage operations. They began to diversify into other food products and in 1906 also began importing from China. In 1909, they purchased two tramp steamers (Pakeha, renamed Broderick, and Rangatira, renamed Brodmore) for the China trade and converted them into refrigerated ships. This was the beginning of the Blue Star Line, which was registered in 1911. They set up their own cattle ranches in Argentina. By 1925 the Blue Star Line was the largest refrigerated fleet in the world. In the United Kingdom the Vestey brothers owned 2,365 butcher's shops. Edmund succeeded William as chairman in 1940 and held the post until his death in 1953.

    He was created a Baronet in the 1921 Birthday Honours for his services in supplying food to British troops during the First World War.

    Vestey married Sarah Barker on 15 August 1887; they had 7 children. After their divorce, Sarah married Conservative Member of Parliament Sir William Lane-Mitchell. Vestey married Ellen Soward on 10 March 1926, and they remained together until his death. They had no children
  • He died on April 8, 1939, he was 46 years old.
  • A child of Edmund Hoyle Vestey and Sarah Barker
  • This information was last updated on April 14, 2020.

Household of Percy Charles Vestey

He is married to Dorothy Emmeline Johnson.

They got married on May 9, 1919 at Barnet, Middlesex, England, he was 26 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Roger Edmund Vestey  1921-2005
  2. Patricia Vestey  1922-2000 
  3. Mary Vestey  1925-2015 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Percy Charles Vestey

Samuel Vestey
1832-1902
Hannah Uttley
Joseph Barker
Hannah Cowgill
????-
Sarah Barker
± 1866-1940

Percy Charles Vestey
1893-1939

1919

Dorothy Emmeline Johnson
1894-1976

Roger Edmund Vestey
1921-2005
Patricia Vestey
1922-2000
Mary Vestey
1925-2015

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    Historical events

    Birthday March 2, 1893

    • The temperature on March 2, 1893 was about 7.1 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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.
      • January 13 » The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
      • January 17 » Lorrin A. Thurston, along with the Citizens' Committee of Public Safety, led the Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the government of Queen Liliʻuokalani.
      • June 22 » The Royal Navy battleship HMSCamperdown accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMSVictoria which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.
      • July 9 » Daniel Hale Williams, American heart surgeon, performs the first successful open-heart surgery in United States without anesthesia.
      • August 27 » The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.
      • November 28 » Women's suffrage in New Zealand concludes with the 1893 New Zealand general election.

    Day of marriage May 9, 1919

    • The temperature on May 9, 1919 was between 8.3 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 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 1919: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
      • February 6 » The five-day Seattle General Strike begins, as more than 65,000 workers in the city of Seattle, Washington, walk off the job.
      • February 11 » Friedrich Ebert (SPD), is elected President of Germany.
      • May 16 » A naval Curtiss NC-4 aircraft commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
      • September 22 » The steel strike of 1919, led by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, begins in Pennsylvania before spreading across the United States.
      • September 28 » Race riots begin in Omaha, Nebraska.
      • October 16 » Adolf Hitler delivers his first public address at a meeting of the German Workers' Party.

    Day of death April 8, 1939

    • The temperature on April 8, 1939 was between -0.2 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
      • March 30 » The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463mph (745km/h).
      • September 1 » Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.
      • September 6 » World War II: South Africa declares war on Nazi Germany.
      • October 16 » World War II: No. 603 Squadron RAF intercepts the first Luftwaffe raid on Britain.
      • November 26 » Shelling of Mainila: The Soviet Army orchestrates an incident which is used to justify the start of the Winter War with Finland four days later.
      • December 22 » Indian Muslims observe a "Day of Deliverance" to celebrate the resignations of members of the Indian National Congress over their not having been consulted over the decision to enter World War II with the United Kingdom.
    

    Same birth/death day

    Source: Wikipedia

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    • 1886 » Willis H. O'Brien, American animator and director († 1962)
    • 1900 » Kurt Weill, German-American pianist and composer († 1950)
    • 1901 » Grete Hermann, German mathematician and philosopher († 1984)
    • 1902 » Edward Condon, American physicist and academic († 1974)
    • 1902 » Moe Berg, American baseball player and spy († 1972)

    Source: Wikipedia


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