The Orys and Cook Family Tree » Aubrey William Collett (1917-1976)

Personal data Aubrey William Collett 

  • He was born on October 7, 1917 in Greenwich, London. England.
    Name: Aubrey W Collett
    Registration Date: Oct 1917
    Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
    Registration District: Greenwich
    Inferred County: Greater London
    Mother's Maiden Name: House
    Volume Number: 1d
    Page Number: 1267
  • He was baptized on December 2, 1917 in Holy Trinity, Chelsea, London..
    Name: Aubrey William Collett Record Type: Baptism Baptism Date: 2 Dec 1917 Baptism Place: England, Holy Trinity, Chelsea, Kensington and Chelsea Father: Olive Edward Rene Collett Mother: Lily Selina Collett
  • Resident in the year 1939: 105 Petts Wood Road, Orpington, Kent.
    Name: Harold V L Ross Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Birth Date: 25 Mar 1882 Residence Year: 1939
    Address: 105 Residence Place: Orpington, Kent, England Occupation: Electrical Engineer Line Number: 38 Schedule Number: 115 Sub Schedule Number: 1 Enumeration District: CKDD Borough: Orpington Registration district: 42/4 Inferred Spouse: Margaret A Ross Household Members Age Harold V L Ross 57 Margaret A Ross 56
    This record is officially closed. Aubrey W Collett 22
  • He died December 1976 in Bromley, Kent. England, he was 59 years old.
    Name: Aubrey William Collett
    Death Age: 59
    Birth Date: 7 Oct 1917
    Registration Date: Oct 1976
    Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
    Registration District: Bromley
    Inferred County: Greater London
    Volume: 11
    Page: 1266
  • This information was last updated on March 25, 2021.

Household of Aubrey William Collett

He is married to Frances Georgina Ross.

They got married in the year 1939 at Bromley, Kent. England, he was 21 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday October 7, 1917

  • The temperature on October 7, 1917 was between 5.5 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 14.9 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the 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 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
    • January 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
    • January 31 » World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus.
    • July 6 » World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
    • August 6 » World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
    • November 2 » The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.
    • December 9 » World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem, Palestine.

Christening day December 2, 1917

  • The average temperature on December 2, 1917 was 3.4 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong 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 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
    • February 3 » First World War: The American entry into World War I begins when diplomatic relations with Germany are severed due to its unrestricted submarine warfare.
    • March 2 » The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
    • March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
    • March 31 » According to the terms of the Treaty of the Danish West Indies, the islands become American possessions.
    • June 11 » King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
    • November 28 » The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.


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