The Brown Tree » Gilbert Laurence BUTTON (1893-1994)
Personal data Gilbert Laurence BUTTON
Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7- He was born on February 25, 1893 in Haywards Heath, Sussex, England.Sources 3, 4, 5, 7
- Alternative: He was born on February 25, 1893 in Haywards Heath, Sussex.Source 6
- Alternative: He was born in the year 1893 in Haywards Heath, Sussex.
- Resident:
- on April 2, 1911: Haywards Heath, Sussex, England.Source 4
- in the year 1901: Haywards Heath, Sussex, England.Source 6
- in the year 1901: Haywards Heath, Sussex, England.
- in the year 1901: Haywards Heath, Sussex, England.
- on April 2, 1911: Haywards Heath, Sussex, England.
- (Arrival) on March 10, 1921 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.Sources 3, 5
- (Departure) in the year 1921 in Liverpool, England.Source 5
- (Departure) in Liverpool, England.Source 3
- He died December 1994 in Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada, he was 101 years old.
Attention: Age above 100 years (101). - A child of Ernest Llewellyn Walter Button and Jane PURVEY
Household of Gilbert Laurence BUTTON
He is married to Doris Gwendolyn TILBURY.
They got married on May 7, 1923 at Leeds, Ontario, Canada, he was 30 years old.Source 7
They got married on May 7, 1923 at Leeds,Ontario,Canada, he was 30 years old.Notes about Gilbert Laurence BUTTON
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- Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- 1911 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: RG14; Piece: 5002; Schedule Number: 355 / Ancestry.com
- Canada, Ocean Arrivals (Form 30A), 1919-1924, Ancestry.com, Library and Archives Canada; Form 30A Ocean Arrivals (Individual Manifests), 1919-1924; Rolls: T-14939 - T-15248 / Ancestry.com
- 1901 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: RG13; Piece: 908; Folio: 53; Page: 27 / Ancestry.com
- Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928, 1933-1934, Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Series: MS932; Reel: 652 / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday February 25, 1893
- The temperature on February 25, 1893 was about 1.1 °C. The airpressure was 74 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 » U.S. Marines land in Honolulu, Hawaii from the USSBoston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.
- February 1 » Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.
- 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.
- September 20 » Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.
- October 28 » Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.
- November 12 » Abdur Rahman Khan accepts the Durand Line as the border between Afghanistan and the British Raj.
Day of marriage May 7, 1923
- The temperature on May 7, 1923 was between 9.8 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
- February 16 » Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
- April 28 » Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium.
- September 4 » Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USSShenandoah.
- October 13 » Ankara becomes the capital of Turkey.
- November 8 » Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.
- November 11 » Adolf Hitler was arrested in Munich for high treason for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch.
Same birth/death day
- 1885 » Princess Alice of Battenberg, mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh († 1969)
- 1888 » John Foster Dulles, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 52nd United States Secretary of State († 1959)
- 1890 » Myra Hess, English pianist and educator († 1965)
- 1894 » Meher Baba, Indian spiritual master († 1969)
- 1898 » William Astbury, physicist and molecular biologist († 1961)
- 1901 » Vince Gair, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Queensland († 1980)
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