Vandenberg Tree » Altha Ophelia Prather (1881-1969)
Personal data Altha Ophelia Prather
Source 1- She was born on March 19, 1881 in Clay County, Illinois, USA.
- Census in the year 1900, Clay City Township, Clay County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten.
- Census in the year 1910, Flora, Harter Township, Clay County, Illinois, USA.
- Census in the year 1920, Flora, Harter Township, Clay County, Illinois, USA.
- Census in the year 1930, Flora, Harter Township, Clay County, Illinois, USA.
- She died on February 11, 1969, she was 87 years old.
- She is buried in the year 1969 in Flora, Clay County, Illinois, USA.
- A child of James Tower Prather and Sarah L. Catherine Dickey
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- Hainings, Harrowers, Richmonds & Powells, Kirsty M. Haining, Altha Ophelia Prather, May 4, 2013
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Historical events
Birthday March 19, 1881
- The temperature on March 19, 1881 was about 10.9 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1881: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- April 16 » In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
- June 13 » The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
- June 14 » The White Rajahs territories become the British protectorate of Sarawak.
- July 2 » Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James A. Garfield (who will die of complications from his wounds on September 19).
- August 27 » The Georgia hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.
- December 4 » The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.
Day of death February 11, 1969
- The temperature on February 11, 1969 was between -8.1 °C and -0.2 °C and averaged -3.2 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
- February 4 » Yasser Arafat takes over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
- June 22 » The Cuyahoga River catches fire in Cleveland, Ohio, drawing national attention to water pollution, and spurring the passing of the Clean Water Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.
- August 21 » Gap Inc. opened their first store in San Francisco, California.
- September 5 » My Lai Massacre: U.S. Army Lieutenant William Calley is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai.
- October 21 » The 1969 Somali coup d'état establishes a Marxist–Leninist administration.
- December 8 » Olympic Airways Flight 954 strikes a mountain outside of Keratea, Greece, killing 90 people in the worst crash of a Douglas DC-6 in history.
Same birth/death day
- 1880 » Ernestine Rose, American librarian and advocate († 1961)
- 1881 » Edith Nourse Rogers, American social worker and politician († 1960)
- 1882 » Gaston Lachaise, French-American sculptor († 1935)
- 1883 » Joseph Stilwell, American general († 1946)
- 1883 » Norman Haworth, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1950)
- 1885 » Attik, Greek composer († 1944)
- 1963 » John Olof Dahlgren, Swedish-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1872)
- 1963 » Sylvia Plath, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1932)
- 1967 » A. J. Muste, Dutch-American minister and activist (b. 1885)
- 1968 » Howard Lindsay, American playwright (b. 1889)
- 1973 » J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
- 1975 » Richard Ratsimandrava, Malagasy colonel and politician, President of Madagascar (b. 1931)
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Jon Vandenberg, "Vandenberg Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/vandenberg-tree/R1211.php : accessed January 26, 2026), "Altha Ophelia Prather (1881-1969)".