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Count Carl Douglas

Stjärnorp church parish, 26 Jul 1908 – Rio de Janeiro, 21 Jan 1961

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Facts and their sources

  • Born26 Jul 1908, Stjärnorp church parishnot verified1 source
  • MarriedOttora Haas-Heyenot verified1 source
  • Died21 Jan 1961, Rio de Janeironot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 26 Jul 1908

    Born in Stjärnorp church parish

  2. 31 Dec 1940

    A daughter is born

  3. 21 Jan 1961

    Dies in Rio de Janeiro, aged 52

Family

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Children · 1

During his lifetime

He lived through 7 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Stjärnorp church parish.

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

The 1900s · Count is born in Stjärnorp church parish

Listen

Bolimbalacho

Bahiano · 1902

A lundu sung by Bahiano for Casa Edison in Rio, among the very first records made in Brazil.

Public domain recording · Casa Edison · Wikimedia Commons

Who governed

In the news1909

Suffrage reform enacted in 1909

In 1909, Sweden enacted a major suffrage reform that expanded voting rights.

What people wore

Men's hats worn to scare predators

Herding girls wore men's hats to scare away bears and wolves, making the animals believe a man was approaching.

Santos-Dumont’s 14-bis. Paris, 1906: the first powered flight watched by a crowd and filmed. Here, a test at Bagatelle in July.In the papers · 1906

Santos-Dumont’s 14-bis. Paris, 1906: the first powered flight watched by a crowd and filmed. Here, a test at Bagatelle in July.

Museu Casa Natal de Santos Dumont · public domain

In the news1899–1900

Bubonic plague reaches Brazilian ports

The bubonic plague arrived at the ports of Santos and Rio de Janeiro, triggering localized health crises and public sanitation responses.

A motor car in Rio. A De Dietrich on Avenida Central in 1908, when a car in the street was still worth a photograph in Fon-Fon.Getting around

A motor car in Rio. A De Dietrich on Avenida Central in 1908, when a car in the street was still worth a photograph in Fon-Fon.

Revista Fon-Fon · Wikimedia Commons · 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