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Personal data Henry Brockholst Ledyard 


Household of Henry Brockholst Ledyard

(1) He had a relationship with Mary R. L. Hommedieu.


Child(ren):

  2. Henry Ledyard  1875-1932
  4. Hugh Ledyard  1885-????


(2) He is married to Mary R. L'hommedieu.

They got married on October 15, 1867, he was 23 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  3. Henry Ledyard  1875-1932


Notes about Henry Brockholst Ledyard


occupation: President, Michigan Central Railroad
DETROIT, Mich., May 25.--Henry B. Ledyard, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Michigan Central Railroad, died of heart disease at his home in Grosse Pointe Farms today at 7:15 A. M. He was taken ill last Friday. Pneumonia set in andhastened the end. He was 77 years of age.
Mr. Ledyard was born in the American Embassy in Paris in 1844, when his father, Henry Ledyard, was secretary. He lived most of his life in Detroit. He is survived by two sons and a daughter, Henry and Hugh Ledyard and the Baroness vonKettler, all of this city.
Mr. Ledyard was the grandson of United States Senator Lewis Cass, famous Michigan Governor and Secretary of State in the Buchanan Administration. He was a brother of Lewis Cass Ledyard of New York City, who was personal counsel of the elderJ. P. Morgan and Commodore of the New York Yacht Club and is one of the leaders of the American bar.
--- The New York Times, 26 May 1921

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Historical events

Birthday February 20, 1844

  • The temperature on February 20, 1844 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken hagel sneeuw. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1844: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • March 21 » The Bahá'í calendar begins. This is the first day of the first year of the Bahá'í calendar. It is annually celebrated by members of the Bahá'í Faith as the Bahá'í New Year or Náw-Rúz.
    • March 30 » One of the most important battles of the Dominican War of Independence from Haiti takes place near the city of Santiago de los Caballeros.
    • May 1 » Hong Kong Police Force, the world's second modern police force and Asia's first, is established.
    • June 6 » The Glaciarium, the world's first mechanically frozen ice rink, opens.
    • June 27 » Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum Smith, are killed by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.
    • October 22 » Millerites, followers of Baptist preacher William Miller anticipate the end of the world in conjunction with the Second Advent of Christ. The following day became known as the Great Disappointment.

Day of marriage October 15, 1867

  • The temperature on October 15, 1867 was about 18.9 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 15 » Forty people die when ice covering the boating lake at Regent's Park, London, collapses.
    • March 1 » Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital.
    • May 15 » Canadian Bank of Commerce opens for business in Toronto, Ontario. The bank would later merge with Imperial Bank of Canada to become what is CIBC in 1961.
    • June 8 » Coronation of Franz Joseph as King of Hungary following the Austro-Hungarian compromise (Ausgleich).
    • November 23 » The Manchester Martyrs are hanged in Manchester, England, for killing a police officer while freeing two Irish Republican Brotherhood members from custody.
    • December 13 » A Fenian bomb explodes in Clerkenwell, London, killing six.

Day of death May 25, 1921

  • The temperature on May 25, 1921 was between 11.2 °C and 29.8 °C and averaged 20.8 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
    • February 12 » Bolsheviks launch a revolt in Georgia as a preliminary to the Red Army invasion of Georgia.
    • February 21 » Rezā Shāh takes control of Tehran during a successful coup.
    • February 22 » After Russian forces under Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg drive the Chinese out, the Bogd Khan is reinstalled as the emperor of Mongolia.
    • June 15 » Bessie Coleman earns her pilot's license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent.
    • October 29 » The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed.
    • December 22 » Opening of Visva-Bharati College, also known as Santiniketan College, now Visva Bharati University, India.


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