The Orys and Cook Family Tree » Ellen Margaret Harris (1914-1997)

Personal data Ellen Margaret Harris 

  • She was born on June 18, 1914 in Denham, Buckinghamshire, England.
  • Resident in the year 1939: 7 Alexandra Cottages, Eton, Buckinghamshire.
    Name: Ellen Woodard [M Ledder] Gender: Female Marital Status: Married Birth Date: 18 Jun 1914 Residence Year: 1939 Address: 7 Alexandra Cott Residence Place: Eton, Buckinghamshire, England Occupation: Household Duties (Unpaid)
    Line Number: 21 Schedule Number: 247 Sub Schedule Number: 1 Enumeration District: DWIQ Borough: Eton
    Registration district: 144/1 Household Members Age Ellen Woodard 25 Brian A Woodard 1 (b. June 17 1938)
  • She died on December 17, 1997 in Royal Hospital, Gosport, Hampshire, she was 83 years old.
  • This information was last updated on May 28, 2021.

Household of Ellen Margaret Harris

She is married to Leonard Alfred Woodard.

They got married on 4TH Q 1935 at Eton, Buckinghamshire. England, she was 20 years old.

Name: Leonard A Woodard
Registration Date: Oct 1935
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration District: Eton
Inferred County: Buckinghamshire
Spouse: Ellen M Harris
Volume Number: 3a
Page Number: 2918

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Historical events

Birthday June 18, 1914

  • The temperature on June 18, 1914 was between 8.6 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • May 17 » The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
    • August 26 » World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign.
    • September 8 » World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
    • November 1 » World War I: The first British Royal Navy defeat of the war with Germany, the Battle of Coronel, is fought off of the western coast of Chile, in the Pacific, with the loss of HMSGood Hope and HMSMonmouth.
    • November 7 » The first issue of The New Republic is published.
    • December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.

Day of death December 17, 1997

  • The temperature on December 17, 1997 was between -6.6 °C and 0.3 °C and averaged -3.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
    • February 5 » The so-called Big Three banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families.
    • May 10 » The 7.3 Mw Qayen earthquake strikes Iran's Khorasan Province killing 1,567 people.
    • May 25 » A military coup in Sierra Leone replaces President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah with Major Johnny Paul Koroma.
    • July 5 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil MP A. Thangathurai is shot dead at Sri Shanmuga Hindu Ladies College in Trincomalee.
    • December 3 » In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign the Ottawa Treaty prohibiting manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines. The United States, People's Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty, however.
    • December 6 » A Russian Antonov An-124 Ruslan cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67.


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