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Personal data Joan Holm Biss 


Household of Joan Holm Biss

(1) She is married to Max Maitland Blackie.

They got married on October 17, 1938, she was 25 years old.Source 1


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The couple were divorced in 1946.Source 1


(2) She is married to Roy Granville McElroy.

They got married in the year 1946, she was 32 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Joan Holm Biss

Joan Holm Biss
1913-1983

(1) 1938

Max Maitland Blackie
1913-1995

Dianna Maitland Blackie
1940-2008
(2) 1946

Roy Granville McElroy
????-1994


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Historical events

Birthday June 7, 1913

  • The temperature on June 7, 1913 was between 10.8 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • 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 1913: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
    • February 17 » The Armory Show opens in New York City, displaying works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th century.
    • June 19 » Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented.
    • October 9 » The steamship SSVolturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
    • October 31 » The Indianapolis Streetcar Strike and subsequent riot begins.
    • December 1 » Crete, having obtained self rule from Turkey after the First Balkan War, is annexed by Greece.
    • December 24 » The Italian Hall disaster in Calumet, Michigan results in the deaths of 73 Christmas party participants (including 59 children) when someone falsely yells "fire".

Day of marriage October 17, 1938

  • The temperature on October 17, 1938 was between 10.3 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • February 18 » Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre, the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee", and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.
    • March 27 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.
    • April 10 » The 1938 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for a single list of Nazi candidates and the recent annexation of Austria.
    • April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
    • August 18 » The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
    • December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.

Day of death August 7, 1983

  • The temperature on August 7, 1983 was between 14.5 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1983: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
    • February 14 » United American Bank of Knoxville, Tennessee collapses. Its president, Jake Butcher, is later convicted of fraud.
    • March 16 » Demolition of the Ismaning radio transmitter, the last wooden radio tower in Germany.
    • June 13 » Pioneer 10 becomes the first man-made object to leave the central Solar System when it passes beyond the orbit of Neptune.
    • September 23 » Gulf Air Flight 771 is destroyed by a bomb, killing all 117 people on board.
    • October 22 » Two correctional officers are killed by inmates at the United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. The incident inspires the Supermax model of prisons.
    • November 26 » Brink's-Mat robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink's-Mat vault at Heathrow Airport.


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