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Word: descendantal (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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The arrival of the Duke of Gloucester in Tokyo created a hostess problem almost as interesting as Washington's strange affair of Mrs. Gann. Positively the Empress Nagako could not serve. She is with child. Therefore the Sublime Emperor, Hirohito Tenno, descendant of the Sun Goddess, promoted to the rank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Imperial Garter | 5/13/1929 | See Source »

George A. Peabody '52, the oldest alumnus of the University died at his home yesterday in his ninety-eight year. The aged alumnus was a descendant of a distinguished colonial family and a grandson of one of the founders of the various Peabody Museums about the country.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OLDEST HARVARD ALUMNUS GEORGE A. PEABODY '52, DIES | 5/4/1929 | See Source »

Claiming to be a lineal descendant of George Washington,* Mrs. Francois Berger Moran goes marketing in an ermine coat. Herbert Hoover used her house last autumn as a campaign headquarters.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Mr. Gann Goes Out | 4/15/1929 | See Source »

Married. Margaret Hoffman Gallatin, descendant of Albert Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Jefferson and Madison; and Dr. Clement Biddle Penrose Cobb, Manhattan socialite; in Manhattan.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Mar. 18, 1929 | 3/18/1929 | See Source »

HE IS a prince in his own right in Africa He knows things which would make the imperialists of every country blush with shame. Descendant of Said Kafu and a long line of distinguished Negro merchants and sailors, he has known Cecil Rhodes, Conrad, Sir Alfred Milner. He has circumnavigated...

Author: By V. O. J., | Title: African Adventure | 3/15/1929 | See Source »

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