The Orys and Cook Family Tree » John Meredith Thomas (1917-1987)

Personal data John Meredith Thomas 

  • He was born on June 1, 1917 in Machynlleth Montgomery, Montgomeryshire, Wales.
  • He died August 1987 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, he was 70 years old.
  • This information was last updated on October 2, 2021.

Household of John Meredith Thomas

He is married to Enid Margery Cawley.

They got married

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Historical events

  • The temperature on June 1, 1917 was between 7.0 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 13.8 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 9 » World War I: The Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
    • June 11 » King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
    • September 14 » The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
    • November 2 » The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".
    • November 26 » The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
    • December 7 » World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.


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