Wetherill via Brouwer » Sylvia Knowles (1932-1969)

Personal data Sylvia Knowles 

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Household of Sylvia Knowles

She is married to Carter Buffington Simonin.

They got married December 31 1949 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, she was 16 years old.Source 2

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Sources

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  2. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Marriage Index, 1885-1951, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

Historical events

  • The temperature on November 7, 1932 was between 0.2 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
    • June 17 » Bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.
    • July 17 » Altona Bloody Sunday: A riot between the Nazi Party paramilitary forces, the SS and SA, and the German Communist Party ensues.
    • July 28 » U.S. President Herbert Hoover orders the United States Army to forcibly evict the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, D.C.
    • September 23 » The unification of Saudi Arabia is completed.
    • October 3 » Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom.
    • November 3 » Panagis Tsaldaris becomes the 142nd Prime Minister of Greece.
  • The temperature on July 12, 1969 was between 10.6 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
    • July 16 » Apollo program: Apollo 11, the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Kennedy, Florida.
    • August 11 » The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine following their liftoff from the moon.
    • August 14 » The Troubles: British troops are deployed in Northern Ireland as political and sectarian violence breaks out, marking the start of the 37-year Operation Banner.
    • November 12 » Vietnam War: Independent investigative journalist Seymour Hersh breaks the story of the My Lai Massacre.
    • November 21 » The first permanent ARPANET link is established between UCLA and SRI.
    • 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.


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Source: Wikipedia


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Whitney Wetherill, "Wetherill via Brouwer", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/wetherill-via-brouwer/P43.php : accessed March 1, 2026), "Sylvia Knowles (1932-1969)".