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Household of Alexander A Surber

He is married to Winifred Emily Surber.

They got married on March 11, 1861 at Pulaski, Kentucky, USA, he was 18 years old.Source 3


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    1. 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1850; Census Place: Division 2, Pulaski, Kentucky; Roll: M432_217; Page: 93A; Image: 317
      Record for Alexander Surber
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    2. 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1860; Census Place: District 1, Pulaski, Kentucky; Roll: M653_393; Page: 200; Family History Library Film: 803393
      Record for Alexander A Surber
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    3. Grave info for Alexander A Surber (1842), Created by: A Jones Girl Record added: Jul 22, 2014  Find A Grave Memorial# 133187897
      Alexander A Surber

      Birth:
      Mar. 29, 1842
      Pulaski County
      Kentucky, USA
      Death:
      Aug. 4, 1917
      Hendricks County
      Indiana, USA
      Burial:
      Greenlawn Cemetery
      Brownsburg
      Hendricks County
      Indiana, USA
      / FindAGrave.com
    4. Obituary for Alexander A Surber
      Danville Republican
      Thursday, August 9, 1917, Danville, Indiana

      Alexander Surber died Saturday following a stroke of apoplexy the evening before, rendering him unconscious. His age was 75. The funeral was Monday morning from the Christian church in charge of Rev. Russell and Pittsboro Lodge F & A M, Albert H. Kennedy, acting Master. Interment was at Greenlawn, Brownsburg.

      Alexander A. Surber was born in Kentucky, March 29, 1842. He was the fifth son in a family of six sons and two daughters born to David and Margaret Surber, all of whom have preceded him in death. At the age of 19, he was married to Miss Winnie M. Surber. To them were born four sons and two daughters, Mary M., Amarillis, Oliver E., David A., Levi C., Cecil Otis.

      After 20 years residence in his native state, Mr. Surber moved to Bartholomew county, Indiana. In 1876, they came to Hendricks county, locating on his farm of 95 acres north of Pittsboro. He possessed a strong personality, affable and genial, was highly respected in the home and community. His tact, well grounded in convictions of right, made him a wise counselor in affairs of daily life. He took great interest in every policy that made for the betterment of the community and was always ready to contribute in means and deed to that which would stimulate and uplift society. He served two terms as township trustee and was a strong factor in placing our schools on a higher plane. He served on the town board several times and was a director in the Farmers' Insurance company. In all these offices he discharged his duties with integrity and honor. He was a sincere member of the Christian church. His charity was unbounded. In sickness and adversity he was always present to lend a hand and give words of cheer. In 1902 he joined Pittsboro lodge F & AM. For fifteen years he served faithfully as secretary.

      More than a year ago he stricken with paralysis but he regained his health sufficiently to be about. He is survived by his widow, two sons, David and Otis, a daughter, Mrs. Oliver Money of Clayton, twenty grandchildren, nine great grandchildren.
      / FindAGrave.com

    Historical events

    Birthday March 29, 1842

    • The temperature on March 29, 1842 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 1842: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
      • January 13 » Dr. William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 4,500 men and 12,000 camp followers when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
      • February 7 » Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien.
      • March 17 » The Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is formed.
      • August 9 » The Webster–Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States–Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains.
      • August 14 » American Indian Wars: Second Seminole War ends, with the Seminoles forced from Florida to Oklahoma.
      • August 29 » Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War.

    Day of marriage March 11, 1861

    • The temperature on March 11, 1861 was about 4.9 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 27 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
    • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
    • In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • March 30 » Discovery of the chemical elements: Sir William Crookes announces his discovery of thallium.
      • April 27 » American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
      • May 6 » American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.
      • May 13 » Pakistan's (then a part of British India) first railway line opens, from Karachi to Kotri.
      • June 10 » American Civil War: Battle of Big Bethel: Confederate troops under John B. Magruder defeat a much larger Union force led by General Ebenezer W. Pierce in Virginia.
      • December 26 » American Civil War: The Trent Affair: Confederate diplomatic envoys James Murray Mason and John Slidell are freed by the United States government, thus heading off a possible war between the United States and the United Kingdom.

    Day of death August 4, 1917

    • The temperature on August 4, 1917 was between 13.6 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
      • February 23 » First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8 in the Gregorian calendar).
      • March 25 » The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.
      • June 13 » World War I: The deadliest German air raid on London of the war is carried out by Gotha G.IV bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
      • July 25 » Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
      • August 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
      • October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.

    Day of burial August 6, 1917

    • The temperature on August 6, 1917 was between 13.8 °C and 25.6 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
      • January 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
      • January 31 » World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus.
      • April 2 » World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
      • June 4 » The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
      • June 7 » World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.
      • December 18 » The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by the United States Congress.
    

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