Brown/Calvert Tree » William Henry Briska (1878-1956)

Personal data William Henry Briska 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Household of William Henry Briska

He is married to Anna Jane Hilliar.

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Janice Edith Briska  1909-1970 
  2. Lorraine Matae Briska  1911-2007 
  3. William Hilliar Briska  1912-1961 
  5. Robert Walter Briska  1923-2013 

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    Sources

    1. (Not public)
    2. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Ancestry.com, Registration Location: Lake County, Indiana; Roll: ; Draft Board: .
      Birth date: 2 Dec 1879 Birth place: Residence date: Residence place: East Chicago, Lake, Indiana
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    3. Indiana, Birth Certificates, 1907-1940, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    4. Cook County, Illinois, Marriages Index, 1871-1920, Ancestry.com
      Birth date: abt 1880 Birth place: Marriage date: 26 Sep 1908 Marriage place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
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    6. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, Ancestry.com, The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Fourth Registration for Indiana, 04/27/1942 - 04/27/1942; NAI Number: 623285; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147 / Ancestry.com
    7. 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1910; Census Place: Chicago Ward 4, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_244; Page: 23B; Enumeration District: 0271; Image: ; FHL microfilm: 1374257.
      Birth date: 1879 Birth place: New Zealand Residence date: 1910 Residence place: Chicago Ward 4, Cook, Illinois
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    8. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
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    Historical events

    Birthday December 2, 1878

    • The temperature on December 2, 1878 was about -0.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
      • March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
      • May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
      • July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
      • October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.
      • November 17 » First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. Prime Minister Benedetto Cairoli blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.

    Day of marriage September 26, 1908

    • The temperature on September 26, 1908 was between 8.9 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
      • January 13 » The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
      • March 9 » Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
      • April 11 » SMSBlücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
      • June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.
      • August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
      • September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.

    Day of death April 20, 1956

    • The temperature on April 20, 1956 was between -0.8 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
      • March 23 » Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world. This date is now celebrated as Republic Day in Pakistan.
      • April 5 » In Sri Lanka, the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna win the general elections in a landslide and S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike is sworn in as the Prime Minister of Ceylon.
      • September 16 » TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts.
      • October 28 » Elvis Presley receives a polio vaccination on national TV.
      • October 30 » Hungarian Revolution: The government recognizes the new workers' councils. Army officer Béla Király leads an attack on the Communist Party headquarters.
      • October 31 » Hungarian Revolution of 1956: A Revolutionary Headquarters is established in Hungary. Following Imre Nagy's announcement of October 30, banned non-Communist political parties are reformed, and the MDP is replaced by the MSZMP. József Mindszenty is released from prison. The Soviet Politburo makes the decision to crush the Revolution.
    

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