Whittington families » Henry William (Jun) BERKS (1877-1959)
Personal data Henry William (Jun) BERKS
- He was born on October 21, 1877 in Burntwood, Lichfield, Vol 6B P 463..
- He died on February 17, 1959 in Whittington, Lichfield, L/7B/66, he was 81 years old.
Age:81
- He is buried in St Giles, Whittington.
- A child of Henry William (Sen) BERKS and Mary WRIGHT (BERKS)
- This information was last updated on July 30, 2015.
Household of Henry William (Jun) BERKS
He is married to May KIMBER (BERKS).
They got married on August 2, 1909 at St Giles, Whittington, Lichfield, 26Pl/1/475, he was 31 years old.
CHAN: NOTE 13:25
Child(ren):
Notes about Henry William (Jun) BERKS
(Research):1 Whittington Old Hall Fisherwick Road 1994. 199 6.
A Baker.
1881 Census.
Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability«u»
Henry BERKS «/u» Head M Male 44 Hanley, Stafford, England Baker «u»
Mary BERKS «/u» Wife M Female 36 Willey, Warwick, England
«u» John C. BERKS «/u» Son Male 6 Burntwood, Stafford, England «u»
Mary A.E. BERKS «/u» Daur Female 5 Burntwood, Stafford, England «u»
«b»Henry W. BERKS «/u» Son Male 4 Burntwood, Stafford, England «/b»
«u» George E. BERKS«/u» Son Male 3 Burntwood, Stafford, England
«u» Maud H. BERKS «/u» Daur Female 9 m Whittington, Stafford, England
«u» Hannah BERKS «/u» Mother W Female 78 Hilderstone, Stafford, England Annuitant
Source Information:
«b»Dwelling«/b» Rock (Shop)
«b»Census Place«/b» Whittington, Stafford, England
«b»Family History Library Film«/b» «u»1341665
«/u»«b»Public Records Office Reference«/b» RG11
«b»Piece / Folio«/b» 2776 / 75
«b»Page Number«/b»22
«b»1901 census«/b»
Mary Berks - Head - Widow - age 55 - bread baker
John C Berks - Son - Single - age 27 - bread baker
Mary Walker - Daughter - Married - age 26
«b»Henry Berks - Son - Single - age 24 - bread baker«/b»
George Berks - Son - Single - age 22 - breadbaker
Maud Berks - Daughter - Single - age 21 - dressmaker
John Walker - Son in Law - Married - age 26 - painter
Berks Florence Edith«tab»The Rock
Berks George Edward«tab»The Rock
Berks Harriett«tab»The Rock
«b»Berks Henry William, The Rock, 1924.«/b»
Berks John Charles«tab»The Rock
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Historical events
Birthday October 21, 1877
- The temperature on October 21, 1877 was about 10.2 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
- In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1877: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- January 8 » Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory.
- January 20 » The last day of the Constantinople Conference results in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
- March 15 » First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia.
- June 20 » Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
- August 9 » Indian Wars: Battle of the Big Hole: A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army.
- November 21 » Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.
Day of marriage August 2, 1909
- The temperature on August 2, 1909 was between 10.5 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 11.4 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
- January 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
- April 13 » The military of the Ottoman Empire reverses the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 to force the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
- July 16 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar.
- August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
- September 23 » The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.
- December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Day of death February 17, 1959
- The temperature on February 17, 1959 was between 1.6 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1959: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
- February 11 » The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
- March 30 » Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India.
- July 7 » Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
- July 27 » The Continental League is announced as baseball's "3rd major league" in the United States.
- September 25 » Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.
- December 3 » The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.
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- 1877 » Oswald Avery, Canadian-American physician and microbiologist († 1955)
- 1884 » Claire Waldoff, German singer and actress († 1957)
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- 1961 » Lütfi Kırdar, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (b. 1887)
- 1961 » Nita Naldi, American actress (b. 1894)
- 1962 » Bruno Walter, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1876)
- 1962 » Joseph Kearns, American actor (b. 1907)
- 1966 » Hans Hofmann, German-American painter (b. 1880)
- 1970 » Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Ukrainian-Israeli novelist, short story writer, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
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