The Brown Tree » Elizabeth Cleary (1876-1961)
Personal data Elizabeth Cleary
Sources 1, 2Source 1- She was born on February 21, 1876 in Maddenstown, Co. Kildare, Ireland.Source 1
- She died on June 23, 1961 in Newbridge, Co. Kildare, Ireland, she was 85 years old.
- A child of Patrick Cleary and Bridget Galvin
Household of Elizabeth Cleary
She is married to George HALFORD.
They got married in the year 1903 at Newbridge, Co. Kildare, Ireland, she was 26 years old.
Child(ren):
- Ellen (Nellie) Halford 1904-
- George Halford 1907-
- Frances Mary Halford 1910-1962
- William Joseph Halford 1913-
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Sources
- Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
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Historical events
Birthday February 21, 1876
- The temperature on February 21, 1876 was about 10.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
- In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- February 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
- March 7 » Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone".
- May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
- June 17 » American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud: 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory.
- November 23 » Corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Magear Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain.
- December 23 » First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
Day of death June 23, 1961
- The temperature on June 23, 1961 was between 11.9 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
- January 3 » Cold War: The United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba over the latter's nationalization of American assets.
- February 3 » The United States Air Forces begins Operation Looking Glass, and over the next 30 years, a "Doomsday Plane" is always in the air, with the capability of taking direct control of the United States' bombers and missiles in the event of the destruction of the SAC's command post.
- March 1 » United States President John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps.
- March 2 » John F. Kennedy announces the creation of the Peace Corps in a nationally televised broadcast.
- July 23 » The Sandinista National Liberation Front is founded in Nicaragua.
- September 20 » Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
Same birth/death day
- 1865 » John Haden Badley, English author and educator, founded the Bedales School († 1967)
- 1867 » Otto Hermann Kahn, German banker and philanthropist († 1934)
- 1875 » Jeanne Calment, French super-centenarian, oldest verified person ever († 1997)
- 1878 » Mirra Alfassa, French-Indian spiritual leader († 1973)
- 1881 » Kenneth J. Alford, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer († 1945)
- 1885 » Sacha Guitry, Russian-French actor, director, and playwright († 1957)
- 1953 » Albert Gleizes, French painter (b. 1881)
- 1954 » Salih Omurtak, Turkish general (b. 1889)
- 1956 » Reinhold Glière, Russian composer and educator (b. 1875)
- 1959 » Boris Vian, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
- 1959 » Hidir Lutfi, Iraqi poet. (b. 1880)
- 1969 » Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish runner (b. 1907)
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Wesley Brown, "The Brown Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/the-brown-tree/P6460.php : accessed January 26, 2026), "Elizabeth Cleary (1876-1961)".