Andersen Family Tree » Rachel Scruggs (1853-1938)

Personal data Rachel Scruggs 

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Household of Rachel Scruggs

She has/had a relationship with Joshua Harris.


Child(ren):

  1. Susan Harris  1869-1951 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Rachel Scruggs

Rachel Scruggs
1853-1938


Joshua Harris
1847-1927

Susan Harris
1869-1951

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Sources

  1. FIND A GRAVE, Jim Tipton, Find A Grave Memorial #8564963, Record added: Mar 27, 2004
    Rachel Harris Scruggs
    / Ancestry.com
  2. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Birthday December 20, 1853

  • The temperature on December 20, 1853 was about -4.7 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
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    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 Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In the year 1853: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 19 » Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore receives its premiere performance in Rome.
    • April 16 » The Great Indian Peninsula Railway opens the first passenger rail in India, from Bori Bunder to Thane.
    • July 8 » The Perry Expedition arrives in Edo Bay with a treaty requesting trade.
    • September 24 » Admiral Despointes formally takes possession of New Caledonia in the name of France.
    • November 30 » Crimean War: Battle of Sinop: The Imperial Russian Navy under Pavel Nakhimov destroys the Ottoman fleet under Osman Pasha at Sinop, a sea port in northern Turkey.
    • December 30 » Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.

Day of death February 16, 1938

  • The temperature on February 16, 1938 was between -2.9 °C and 3.0 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • March 3 » Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
    • June 7 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. Five hundred to nine hundred thousand civilians are killed.
    • June 11 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
    • June 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
    • September 23 » The Czechoslovak army is mobilized in response to the Munich Agreement.
    • October 30 » Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing anxiety in some of the audience in the United States.


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Source: Wikipedia

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