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Comtesse Pauline Cornet de Ways-Ruart

23 Dec 1914 – 19 Oct 1953

5 facts1 source

Facts and their sources

  • Born23 Dec 1914not verified1 source
  • Died19 Oct 1953not verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 23 Dec 1914

    Born

  2. 28 Aug 1941

    A daughter is born

  3. 19 Oct 1953

    Dies, aged 38

Family

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Children · 1

During her lifetime

She lived through 5 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1910s · Comtesse is born

Around the world1914

The Panama Canal opens

A canal across Panama joined the Atlantic and the Pacific, sparing ships the long voyage round Cape Horn.

The Spanish flu. A flu pandemic infected a third of humanity and killed some 50 million people, more than the war that had just ended.Around the world · 1918–1920

The Spanish flu. A flu pandemic infected a third of humanity and killed some 50 million people, more than the war that had just ended.

Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine · public domain
The Titanic sinks. The largest ship afloat struck an iceberg on her first voyage; more than 1,500 people died in the North Atlantic.Around the world · 1912

The Titanic sinks. The largest ship afloat struck an iceberg on her first voyage; more than 1,500 people died in the North Atlantic.

Francis Godolphin Osbourne Stuart · public domain
The Model T. Ford’s assembly line made a car ordinary families could buy: fifteen million were built.Around the world · 1908–1927

The Model T. Ford’s assembly line made a car ordinary families could buy: fifteen million were built.

ModelTMitch · public domain