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Personal data Robert Granger Benson 


Household of Robert Granger Benson

He is married to Louise Ward Roebling.

They got married on May 19, 1917 at Manhattan, New York, USA, he was 25 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Robert Granger Benson  1918-1977 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Robert Granger Benson

Byron David Benson
1832-1888
Minerva A. Stevens
1830-1879

Robert Granger Benson
1892-1918

1917

Louise Ward Roebling
1894-1994

Robert Granger Benson
1918-1977

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    Historical events

    Birthday March 16, 1892

    • The temperature on March 16, 1892 was about 3.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 1892: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • January 15 » James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
      • April 15 » The General Electric Company is formed.
      • August 9 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
      • September 9 » Amalthea, third moon of Jupiter is discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard.
      • November 12 » Pudge Heffelfinger becomes the first professional American football player on record, participating in his first paid game for the Allegheny Athletic Association.
      • December 17 » First issue of Vogue is published.

    Day of marriage May 19, 1917

    • The temperature on May 19, 1917 was between 11.4 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??. 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.
      • January 17 » The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
      • January 22 » World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
      • March 1 » The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
      • July 20 » World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
      • November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
      • December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.

    Day of death October 27, 1918

    • The temperature on October 27, 1918 was between 5.2 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 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 1918: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
      • January 17 » Finnish Civil War: The first serious battles take place between the Red Guards and the White Guard.
      • May 29 » Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarabad.
      • June 22 » The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.
      • September 15 » World War I: Allied troops break through the Bulgarian defenses on the Macedonian front.
      • September 28 » World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins.
      • November 3 » The German Revolution of 1918–19 begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in Kiel.
    

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