Babb Family Tree » William John Babb (1847-1914)
Personal data William John Babb
Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11- He was born on May 15, 1847 in Monkokehampton, Black Torrington, Devon, England.Sources 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
- Resident:
- in the year 1910: Bay Ward 1, Bay, Michigan, Verenigde Staten.Source 10
- in the year 1871: Great Torrington, Devon, England.Source 4
- in the year 1900: Bay City Ward 1, Bay, Michigan, Verenigde Staten.Source 11
- in the year 1881: Great Torrington, Devon, England.Source 8
- in the year 1851: Monkokehampton, Devon, England.Source 3
- in the year 1861: Frithelstock, Devon, England.Source 5
- (Arrival) in the year 1882.Sources 10, 11
- He died on April 6, 1914 in Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA, Coal merchant, he was 66 years old.Sources 2, 6, 7
- He is buried in Bay City, Bay County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten.Source 6
- A child of George Babb and Jane Lucey Jenny Littlejohns
Household of William John Babb
He is married to Elizabeth Simmons.
They got married in the year 1869, he was 21 years old.Source 11
Child(ren):
- Alice Babb 1868-????
- Lilly Babb ± 1870-????
- Bessie Babb 1874-????
- Elizabeth M. Babb ± 1876-????
- Alberta Babb 1884-????
- Lavina Babb 1886-1886
- Loretta Babb 1886-????
- Rose Babb 1887-1985
Timeline William John Babb
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Sources
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=74506928&pid=57
/ Ancestry.com - Michigan, Death Records, 1897-1920, Ancestry.com, The Library of Michigan; Michigan Death Records, 1897-1920; Rolls: 1-302; Archive Barcode/Item Number: 30000008533329; Roll Number: 193; Certificate Number: 174 / Ancestry.com
- 1851 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: HO107; Piece: 1885; Folio: 212; Page: 11; GSU roll: 221034-221035 / Ancestry.com
- 1871 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: RG10; Piece: 2198; Folio: 20; Page: 34; GSU roll: 834863 / Ancestry.com
- 1861 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: RG 9; Piece: 1501; Folio: 98; Page: 12; GSU roll: 542822 / Ancestry.com
- U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- 1881 England Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Class: RG11; Piece: 2257; Folio: 7; Page: 8; GSU roll: 1341543 / Ancestry.com
- England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD / Ancestry.com
- 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1910; Census Place: Bay Ward 1, Bay, Michigan; Roll: T624_636; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0037; FHL microfilm: 1374649 / Ancestry.com
- 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1900; Census Place: Bay City Ward 1, Bay, Michigan; Roll: 701; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0030; FHL microfilm: 1240701 / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday May 15, 1847
- The temperature on May 15, 1847 was about 15.0 °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 1847: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
- February 22 » Mexican–American War: The Battle of Buena Vista: Five thousand American troops defeat 15,000 Mexican troops.
- April 18 » American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico.
- July 26 » Liberia declares its independence.
- October 12 » Werner von Siemens founds Siemens & Halske, which later becomes Siemens AG.
- November 4 » Sir James Young Simpson, a Scottish physician, discovers the anaesthetic properties of chloroform.
- November 29 » Whitman massacre: Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War.
Day of death April 6, 1914
- The temperature on April 6, 1914 was between 7.5 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 14.5 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
- January 9 » The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States.
- May 17 » The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
- June 12 » Massacre of Phocaea: Turkish irregulars slaughter 50 to 100 Greeks and expel thousands of others in an ethnic cleansing operation in the Ottoman Empire.
- June 28 » Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo; this is the casus belli of World War I.
- July 4 » The funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie takes place in Vienna, six days after their assassinations in Sarajevo.
- October 5 » World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire.
Same birth/death day
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- 1848 » Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter and illustrator († 1926)
- 1854 » Ioannis Psycharis, Ukrainian-French philologist and author († 1929)
- 1856 » L. Frank Baum, American novelist († 1919)
- 1856 » Matthias Zurbriggen, Swiss mountaineer († 1917)
- 1899 » Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist (b. 1809)
- 1906 » Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author, playwright, and politician, 6th County Governor of Møre og Romsdal (b. 1849)
- 1913 » Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore (b. 1835)
- 1923 » Kabalega, King of Bunyoro (b.1853)
- 1927 » Florence Earle Coates, American poet (b. 1850)
- 1935 » Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet and playwright (b. 1869)
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