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Personal data John Alfred Stroud Porter 

  • He was born on June 1, 1898 in Nunhead, Camberwell, London. England.
    Name: John Alfred S Porter
    Registration Year: 1898
    Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
    Registration District: Camberwell
    Inferred County: London
    Volume: 1d
    Page: 891
  • He was baptized on July 30, 1898 in St. Anthony Nunhead, Southwark, London.
    Name: John Alfred Stroud Porter
    Gender: Male
    Record Type: Baptism
    Baptism Date: 30 Jul 1898
    Baptism Place: England, Saint Antony, Nunhead, Southwark
    Father:
    John George Porter
    Mother:
    Elizabeth Kate Porter
    Register Type: Parish Registers
  • Profession: in the year 1939 Foreman Electrician.
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1901: 87 Woodland Park Road, Tottenham, London.
      Name: John A S Porter Age: 2 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1899 Relation to Head: Son Gender: Male Father: John Geo Porter Mother: Elizth Kate Porter Birth Place: Nunhead, Kent, England Civil Parish: Tottenham
      Ecclesiastical parish: Christchurch County/Island: Middlesex Country: England Registration District: Edmonton
      Sub-registration District: Tottenham ED, institution, or vessel: 45 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 1252 Folio: 169
      Page Number: 25 Household Schedule Number: 153 Household Members: Name Age John Geo Porter 27
      Elizth Kate Porter 26 John A S Porter 2
    • in the year 1911: 101 Andover Rd, Finsbury Park, Holloway, London.
      Name: John Alfred Stroud Porter Age in 1911: 12 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1899 Relation to Head: Son Gender: Male
      Civil Parish: Islington Country: England Street Address: 101 Andover Rd, Finsbury Park, Holloway N
      Occupation: Errand Boy For Laundry Registration District Number: 10 Sub-registration District: Tollington ED, institution, or vessel: 16 Piece: 836 Household Members: Name Age Elizabeth Kate Porter 35 John Alfred Stroud Porter 12
      Horace George Victor Porter 9
    • from 1939 till 1958: 106 Branckner Road, Kenton, Harrow, Middlesex.
      Name: Edith H Porter Gender: Female Marital Status: Married Birth Date: 3 Jun 1901 Residence Year: 1939
      Address: 106 Residence Place: Harrow, Middlesex, England Occupation: Unpaid Domestic Duties Line Number: 13
      Schedule Number: 272 Sub Schedule Number: 2 Enumeration District: BIEY Borough: Harrow Registration district: Kenton 129 Inferred Spouse: John A Porter Inferred Children: Alan J E Porter Household Members Age
      John A Porter 41 Edith H Porter 38 Alan J E Porter 10
  • He died on July 19, 1958 in Edgeware General Hospital, Hendon, London, England, he was 60 years old.
    Name: John A S Porter
    Death Age: 60
    Birth Date: abt 1898
    Registration Date: Jul 1958
    Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
    Registration District: Hendon
    Inferred County: Middlesex
    Volume: 5e
    Page: 417
  • Probate on September 22, 1958 naar London, England.
    Name: John Alfred Stroud Porter
    Death Date: 19 Jul 1958
    Death Place: Middlesex, England
    Probate Date: 22 Sep 1958
    Probate Registry: London, England Effects ¹516-15s-1d To Edith Helen Porter his wife.
  • This information was last updated on February 18, 2021.

Household of John Alfred Stroud Porter

He is married to Edith Ellen (Nelly) England.

They got married July 1921 at Tonbridge, Kent. England, he was 23 years old.

Name: Edith H England
Registration Date: Jul 1921
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration District: Tonbridge
Inferred County: Kent
Spouse: John A S Porter
Volume Number: 2a
Page Number: 2139

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Historical events

Birthday June 1, 1898

  • The temperature on June 1, 1898 was about 10.8 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
    • July 1 » Spanish–American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
    • July 25 » Spanish-American War: The American invasion of Spanish-held Puerto Rico begins, as United States Army troops under General Nelson A. Miles land and secure the port at Guánica.
    • August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
    • August 13 » Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engage in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
    • August 23 » The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.

Christening day July 30, 1898

  • The temperature on July 30, 1898 was about 13.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
    • March 16 » In Melbourne the representatives of five colonies adopted a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.
    • July 3 » A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is defeated by an American squadron under William T. Sampson in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
    • August 12 » The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.
    • September 13 » Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
    • December 10 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.

Day of death July 19, 1958

  • The temperature on July 19, 1958 was between 11.9 °C and 24.9 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (84%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
    • February 6 » Eight Manchester United F.C. players and 15 other passengers are killed in the Munich air disaster.
    • February 28 » A school bus in Floyd County, Kentucky hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the rain-swollen Levisa Fork river. The driver and 26 children die in what remains one of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history.
    • April 21 » United Airlines Flight 736 collides into a United States Air Force fighter jet near Arden, Nevada in what is now Enterprise, Nevada.
    • September 12 » Jack Kilby demonstrates the first working integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments.
    • October 11 » NASA launches Pioneer 1, its first space probe, although it fails to achieve a stable orbit.
    • October 26 » Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1899 » Edward Charles Titchmarsh, English mathematician and academic († 1963)
  • 1901 » Hap Day, Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and manager († 1990)
  • 1901 » John Van Druten, English-American playwright and director († 1957)
  • 1901 » Tom Gorman, Australian rugby league player († 1978)
  • 1903 » Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist and academic († 1986)
  • 1903 » Vasyl Velychkovsky, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop and martyr († 1973)

Source: Wikipedia


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