Wiggins-Mergenthaler Family Tree » Sylvia Elota Gillenwater (1899-1980)

Personal data Sylvia Elota Gillenwater 

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Household of Sylvia Elota Gillenwater

(1) She is married to Clyde Orville Orwig.

They got married on May 16, 1917, she was 18 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Virginia Mae Orwig  1919-1983 
  2. Darrell Elwin Orwig  1921-1992


(2) She has/had a relationship with Thos Ellington.


Child(ren):

  1. Virginia Mae Orwig  1919-1983 
  2. Darrell Elwin Orwig  1921-1992

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Sylvia Elota Gillenwater

Edward Gillenwater
± 1865-????
Estelle Allbright
± 1875-????

Sylvia Elota Gillenwater
1899-1980

(1) 1917

Clyde Orville Orwig
1894-1951

Virginia Mae Orwig
1919-1983
Darrell Elwin Orwig
1921-1992
(2) 

Thos Ellington
± 1895-????

Virginia Mae Orwig
1919-1983
Darrell Elwin Orwig
1921-1992

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Sources

  1. 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1930; Census Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 0612 / Ancestry.com
  2. 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1920; Census Place: Long Beach, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T625_104; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 90 / Ancestry.com
  3. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=104242613&pid=665
    / Ancestry.com
  4. California, Death Index, 1940-1997, Ancestry.com, Date: 1980-11-23 / Ancestry.com
  5. 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1910; Census Place: Long Beach Ward 1, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T624_85; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0038; FHL microfilm: 1374098 / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Birthday March 5, 1899

  • The temperature on March 5, 1899 was about 4.3 °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)
  • 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 1899: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
    • February 14 » Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
    • March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
    • April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
    • July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
    • November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.

Day of marriage May 16, 1917

  • The temperature on May 16, 1917 was between 9.5 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 4 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 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.
    • May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
    • June 11 » King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
    • August 28 » Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
    • November 7 » World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
    • November 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.
    • December 6 » World War I: USSJacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SMU-53.

Day of death November 23, 1980

  • The temperature on November 23, 1980 was between 12.1 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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)
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1980: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.1 million citizens.
    • January 27 » Through cooperation between the U.S. and Canadian governments, six American diplomats secretly escape hostilities in Iran in the culmination of the Canadian Caper.
    • February 29 » Gordie Howe of the Hartford Whalers makes NHL history as he scores his 800th goal.
    • May 14 » Salvadoran Civil War: the Sumpul River massacre occurs in Chalatenango, El Salvador.
    • July 23 » Phạm Tuân becomes the first Vietnamese citizen and the first Asian in space when he flies aboard the Soyuz 37 mission as an Intercosmos Research Cosmonaut.
    • September 17 » Former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is killed in Asunción, Paraguay.
    • October 30 » El Salvador and Honduras agree to put the border dispute fought over in 1969's Football War before the International Court of Justice.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia

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About the surname Gillenwater


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