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    The following people were born
    HUMBLEN, Mr Adolf Mathias Nicolai Olsen — 28th May 1869
    CHERRETT, Mr William Victor — 28th May 1887
    JERWAN, Mrs Marie Marthe — 28th May 1888

    The following people died
    OLIVA Y OCANA, Doña Fermina — 28th May 1969
    WELLS, Mrs Addie Dart — 28th May 1954
    PUSEY, Mr William Robert Holland — 28th May 1918
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    New York Times (1911) LUCILE GOWNS SEIZED
    (1912) Permit for interment of William Crothers Dulles
    Lowell Sun (1912) THOMAS WHITELEY : Appearing at the Merrimack Square Theatre
    Southern Daily Echo (1912) Death Notice
    Nottingham Evening Post (1914) A TITANIC SURVIVOR : MUSIC HALL ARTIST'S ORDEAL IN HOSPITAL
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