Ancestral Trails 2016 » William Day (1827-1903)

Personal data William Day 

  • He was born on January 11, 1827 in Nine Springs, Much Wymondley, Hertfordshire.Source 1
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1851 Gardener and Groom.
    • between 1851 and 1856 Gentleman's Servant in Great Green, Pirton.
    • in the year 1861 Gardener and General Servant in Pirton.
    • in the year 1871 Assistant Overseer, carpenter, & bricklayer in Great Green, Pirton.
    • in the year 1880 Rate & Tax Collector in Great Green, Pirton.
    • in the year 1881 General Builder employing 2 men in Great Green, Pirton.
    • in the year 1891 General Builder and Assistant Overseer in Great Green, Pirton.
    • in the year 1901 General Builder, Employer working from home in Nr Pirton Grange &, Old Hall, Pirton.
  • (Directory Entry) in the year 1899 in Pirton: Kelly's Directory - Bricklayer.
  • He died on December 10, 1903 in Pirton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, he was 76 years old.Source 2
  • He is buried on December 16, 1903 in St Mary the Virgin, Pirton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire.Source 3

Household of William Day

He is married to Abigail Odell.

They got married on December 8, 1849 at St Mary the Virgin, Pirton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, he was 22 years old.Sources 4, 5


Child(ren):

  1. Charles Day  1856-1943 
  2. Frank DAY  1861-???? 
  3. Arthur Day  1867-???? 


Notes about William Day

1851 aged 23, living at Great Green with his wife Abigail 22, and 2 month old daughter Agnes. 1861 aged 34, living in Pirton village with his wife Abigail and children Agnes 10, Walter 8, Alice 6, Charles 4, Sarah 1 and Frank 2 months. 1871 aged 44, living at Great Green with his wife Abigail 42 and children Agnes 20, Walter 18, Alice 16, Charles 14, Frank 10, Minnie (Mary) 8, Joseph 6 and Arthur 4. Noted as deaf. Also an Overseer and Enumerator of the census. 1881 aged 54, living in Pirton with wife Abigail 52, and sons Frank 20, Joseph 16 and Arthur 14. Rate and tax collector. 1891 aged 64, living at Great Green with his wife Abigail 62. 1901 aged 74, living between Pirton Grange and Old Hall, Pirton, with his wife Abigail 72. Deaf for 30 years.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Day

William Day
1827-1903

1849

Abigail Odell
1828-1904

Charles Day
1856-1943
Frank DAY
1861-????
Arthur Day
1867-????

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Sources

  1. George Fleming Budd's Diary
    "Particular friend of mine at Pirton. Afflicted with deafness"
  2. Pirton Memorial Inscriptions
    aged 76 at time of death. The monumental inscription recorded by Mr W B Gerish in circa 1910 but not found in 1990
  3. Pirton Burial Register
    aged 76. William Day of Pirton buried
  4. England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD / Ancestry.com
  5. Pirton Marriage Register 1837-1879
    witnesses were Thomas Catteral and Jane Thrussell

Historical events

Birthday January 11, 1827

  • The temperature on January 11, 1827 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt bui. 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 1827: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 7 » Brazilian marines unsuccessfully attack the temporary naval base of Carmen de Patagones, Argentina.
    • April 7 » John Walker, an English chemist, sells the first friction match that he had invented the previous year.
    • August 22 » José de la Mar becomes President of Peru.
    • October 1 » Russo-Persian War: The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination of Armenia.
    • October 17 » Bellini's third opera, Il pirata, is premiered at Milan.
    • October 20 » In the Battle of Navarino, a combined Turkish and Egyptian fleet is defeated by British, French and Russian naval forces in the last significant battle fought with wooden sailing ships.

Day of marriage December 8, 1849

  • The temperature on December 8, 1849 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken. 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).
  • From November 21, 1848 till November 1, 1849 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Kempenaer - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. J.M. de Kempenaer (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1849: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • February 14 » In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken.
    • March 4 » President-Elect Zachary Taylor and Vice President-Elect Millard Fillmore did not take their respective oaths of office (they did so the following day), leading to the erroneous theory that outgoing President pro tempore of the United States Senate David Rice Atchison had assumed the role of acting president for one day.
    • August 1 » Joven Daniel wrecks at the coast of Araucanía, Chile, leading to allegations that local Mapuche tribes murdered survivors and kidnapped Elisa Bravo.
    • August 28 » After a month-long siege, Venice, which had declared itself independent as the Republic of San Marco, surrenders to Austria.
    • October 6 » The execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence.
    • November 16 » A Russian court sentences writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his sentence is later commuted to hard labor.

Day of death December 10, 1903

  • The temperature on December 10, 1903 was between 4.9 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
    • February 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
    • March 2 » In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
    • July 4 » The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
    • August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
    • October 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
    • November 18 » The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.

Day of burial December 16, 1903

  • The temperature on December 16, 1903 was between -0.1 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
    • January 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
    • April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
    • August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
    • September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
    • November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.
    • December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.


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