Whittington families » George Gustine ASKER (1878-1945)

Personal data George Gustine ASKER 


Household of George Gustine ASKER

He is married to Isabella Emily ARTHUR (ASKER).

They got married on April 9, 1898 at St James, Clapton, Hackney, Vol 1B, P 817, he was 20 years old.


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Notes about George Gustine ASKER

1881 in Whitton,

1891 in Enfield,

1898 at 74 Frampton Park Road, Hackney.

Not in the 1901 census but he was with the Essex Regiment, in South Africa, in 1901.

He Joined the army on a one year short service contract on 15 Feb 1901.

He was in the Volunteer service company of the Essex Reg.He gave his age as 23.

At this time he was a Licensed Conductor, he served in South Africa for 3 months, and his total service was 1 yeaqr and 120 days.

He lived at 4 Elm villa, Isabella Road, High Street, Homerton.

He was discharged 20 Jun 1902, services no longer required.

He was examined for service with the Metropolitan Police 22 Jul 1902,

His occupation was given as Clerk, of 5 Morton Place, Westminster, (30 Colledge was crossed out)?

He Joined V division 1 Sep 1902 warrant No, 88969. he had a pay increase in 1903, 1904, and 1905.

In april 1903 his son George arthur Eteridge was bornm and he and Isabella lived at the grange, Ditton Road, Surbiton, he resigned, 12 Jan 1906,

He re-enlisted at Stratford on 8 Feb 1915 with the R A M C. he was in Russia in 1919 possibly with the Warwicks reg,

He was in the Railway Police from 1927, in Oct 1925 at the time of Doris Rachel's marriage he was at 70 Greenwood Road Dalston.

In 1931 he registered his mothers death from the same address.

He died 26 Feb 1945 age 67 Railway Police Constable of Stomach Cancer, he lived at 37 Stainforth Road, Walthamstow.

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Birthday February 23, 1878

  • The temperature on February 23, 1878 was about 7.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 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 1878: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 16 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Battle of Philippopolis: Captain Aleksandr Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule.
    • February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
    • March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
    • July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
    • September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
    • December 31 » Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.

Christening day March 20, 1878

  • The temperature on March 20, 1878 was about 11.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 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 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 1878: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • May 14 » The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
    • June 15 » Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
    • July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
    • October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
    • November 17 » First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. Prime Minister Benedetto Cairoli blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.
    • December 31 » Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.

Day of marriage April 9, 1898

  • The temperature on April 9, 1898 was about 13.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • April 20 » U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
    • June 27 » The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
    • July 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
    • September 13 » Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
    • October 1 » The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
    • October 6 » Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music.


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