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 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1

They got married on September 26, 1908 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, he was 29 years old.Source 1


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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    1. 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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    2. 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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    3. 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1940; Census Place: East Chicago, Lake, Indiana; Roll: T627_1066; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 45-55 / Ancestry.com
    4. 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
    5. 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1930; Census Place: East Chicago, Lake, Indiana; Roll: 600; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 96; Image: 1065.0; FHL microfilm: 2340335 / Ancestry.com
    6. Indiana, Birth Certificates, 1907-1940, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    7. 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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    8. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    9. 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1920; Census Place: East Chicago Ward 2, Lake, Indiana; Roll: T625_444; Page: 21A; Enumeration District: 44; Image: 571.
      Birth date: abt 1884 Birth place: New Zealand Residence date: 1920 Residence place: East Chicago Ward 2, Lake, Indiana Arrival date: 1886 Arrival place:
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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.
      • January 16 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Battle of Philippopolis: Captain Aleksandr Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule.
      • January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
      • June 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
      • June 10 » League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in the Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Greece.
      • June 15 » Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
      • September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.

    Day of marriage September 26, 1908

    • The temperature on September 26, 1908 was between 9.5 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.5 °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.
      • April 8 » H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
      • July 25 » Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.
      • September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
      • September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
      • October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
      • November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.

    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.
      • May 24 » The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland.
      • July 25 » Forty-five miles south of Nantucket Island, the Italian ocean liner SSAndrea Doria collides with the MSStockholm in heavy fog and sinks the next day, killing 51.
      • October 26 » Hungarian Revolution: In the towns of Mosonmagyaróvár and Esztergom, Hungarian secret police forces massacre civilians. As rebel strongholds in Budapest hold, fighting spreads throughout the country.
      • November 2 » Hungarian Revolution: Imre Nagy requests UN aid for Hungary. Nikita Khrushchev meets with leaders of other Communist countries to seek their advice on the situation in Hungary, selecting János Kádár as the country's next leader on the advice of Josip Broz Tito.
      • November 4 » Soviet troops enter Hungary to end the Hungarian revolution against the Soviet Union that started on October 23. Thousands are killed, more are wounded, and nearly a quarter million leave the country.
      • December 31 » The Romanian Television network begins its first broadcast in Bucharest.
    

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