Andersen Family Tree » James William Adams Sr. (1812-1891)
Personal data James William Adams Sr.
Sources 1, 2- Alternative name: James William Adams
- He was born on April 8, 1812 in Saint-John, New Brunswick, Canada.Source 1
- Alternative: He was born on April 8, 1812 in Saint-John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada.
- He died on June 1, 1891 in Scipio, Millard, UT, USA, he was 79 years old.Sources 1, 2
- He is buried in Scipio, Millard, UT, USA.Sources 1, 2
- A child of Daniel Adams and Sarah Eunice Ives
Household of James William Adams Sr.
(1) He has/had a relationship with Sarah Ellen Carroll.
Child(ren):
- Sarah Ellen Adams 1858-1910
(2) He is married to Elizabeth Lucretta Smith.
They got married Jul 31 1856 at SLC, SL, UT, USA, he was 43 years old.
Child(ren):
- James William Adams 1859-1931
- Mary Adams 1860-1940
- Sarah Eliza Adams 1866-1939
- Daniel Jackson Adams 1873-1901
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Sources
- U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Web: Utah, Find A Grave Index, 1847-2012, Ancestry.com, Find A Grave Memorial #68524, Record added: Feb 02, 2000 / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday April 8, 1812
- The temperature on April 8, 1812 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt 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 1812: Source: Wikipedia
- April 6 » British forces under the command of the Duke of Wellington assault the fortress of Badajoz. This would be the turning point in the Peninsular War against Napoleon-led France.
- June 4 » Following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S. state, the Louisiana Territory is renamed the Missouri Territory.
- June 23 » War of 1812: Great Britain revokes the restrictions on American commerce, thus eliminating one of the chief reasons for going to war.
- September 18 » The 1812 Fire of Moscow dies down after destroying more than three-quarters of the city. Napoleon returns from the Petrovsky Palace to the Moscow Kremlin, spared from the fire.
- October 25 » War of 1812: The American frigate, USSUnited States, commanded by Stephen Decatur, captures the British frigate HMSMacedonian.
- December 17 » War of 1812: U.S. forces attack a Lenape village in the Battle of the Mississinewa.
Day of death June 1, 1891
- The temperature on June 1, 1891 was about 18.6 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 29 » Liliuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
- March 3 » Shoshone National Forest is established as the first national forest in the US and world.
- March 17 » SSUtopia collides with HMSAnson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
- May 15 » Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
- July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.
- August 16 » The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
Same birth/death day
- 1798 » Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet and author († 1857)
- 1818 » August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist and academic († 1892)
- 1818 » Christian IX of Denmark († 1906)
- 1826 » Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican soldier († 1890)
- 1827 » Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican ophthalmologist, journalist, and politician († 1898)
- 1842 » Elizabeth Bacon Custer, American author and educator († 1933)
- 1868 » James Buchanan, American lawyer and politician, 15th President of the United States (b. 1791)
- 1872 » James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American publisher, founded the New York Herald (b. 1795)
- 1873 » Joseph Howe, Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1804)
- 1876 » Hristo Botev, Bulgarian poet and journalist (b. 1848)
- 1879 » Napoléon, Prince Imperial of France (b. 1856)
- 1908 » Allen Butler Talcott, American painter (b. 1867)
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