The Orys and Cook Family Tree » William Leonard Holbrook (1904-1975)

Personal data William Leonard Holbrook 

  • He was born on July 17, 1904.
  • He was baptized on August 19, 1904 in St. Leonards, Streatham, London..
  • Profession: in the year 1939 Engineers Fitter.
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1904: 33 Wellfield Road, Streatham, London.
    • in the year 1911: 33 Wellfield Road, Streatham, London.
    • in the year 1939: 20 Cunliffe Street, Wandsworth, London.
      Name: Leonard Holbrook Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Birth Date: 17 Jul 1904 Residence Date: 1939
      Address: 20 Residence Place: Wandsworth, London, England Occupation: Engineers Fitters Labou?? Line Number: 25
      Schedule Number: 212 Sub Schedule Number: 1 Enumeration District: Axgv Borough: Wandsworth
      Registration district: 24-2 Inferred Spouse: Hilda Louise Holbrook Inferred Children: Baby Holbrook
      Household Members Age
      Leonard Holbrook 35
      Hilda Louise Holbrook 36
      This record is officially closed.
      Baby Holbrook 0
  • He died on 1ST Q 1975 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England, he was 70 years old.
    Name: Leonard William Holbrook
    Death Age: 70
    Birth Date: 18 Jul 1904
    Registration Date: Jan 1975
    [Feb 1975]
    [Mar 1975]
    Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
    Registration District: Swindon
    Inferred County: Wiltshire
    Volume: 23
    Page: 2370
  • This information was last updated on September 21, 2022.

Household of William Leonard Holbrook

He is married to Hilda Louise Chandler.

They got married January 1929 at Wandsworth, London. England, he was 24 years old.

Name: Hilda L Chandler
Registration Date: Jan 1929
[Feb 1929]
[Mar 1929]
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration District: Wandsworth
Inferred County: London
Spouse: Leonard W Holbrook
Volume Number: 1d
Page Number: 891

Notes about William Leonard Holbrook

Parents William Thomas and Charlotte. (From Baptism Cert)

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Historical events

Birthday July 17, 1904

  • The temperature on July 17, 1904 was between 11.4 °C and 28.7 °C and averaged 20.8 °C. There was 13.9 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
    • January 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
    • April 5 » The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh and Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
    • April 8 » The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
    • June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
    • August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
    • November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).

Christening day August 19, 1904

  • The temperature on August 19, 1904 was between 9.3 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
    • January 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
    • February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
    • May 21 » The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
    • October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.
    • December 6 » Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.
    • December 7 » Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMSSpiteful and HMSPeterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.


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