Brown/Calvert Tree » William J Mays (1851-1896)
Personal data William J Mays
Source 1- He was born on February 21, 1851 in Marion, Missouri, United States.
- He died on October 25, 1896, he was 45 years old.
- A child of John H Mays and Margaret H Trotter
Household of William J Mays
Timeline William J Mays
This functionality is only available in Javascript supporting browsers.
Click on the names for more info.
Symbols used: 
grandparents
parents
brothers/sisters
children
grandparents
parents
brothers/sisters
children
Sources
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=48230301&pid=9
/ Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday February 21, 1851
- The temperature on February 21, 1851 was about 4.9 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1851: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
- January 28 » Northwestern University becomes the first chartered university in Illinois.
- March 11 » The first performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice.
- August 12 » Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine.
- September 11 » Christiana Resistance: Escaped slaves led by William Parker fight off and kill a slave owner who, with a federal marshal and an armed party, sought to seize three of his former slaves in Christiana, Pennsylvania, thereby creating a cause célèbre between slavery proponents and abolitionists.
- September 15 » Saint Joseph's University is founded in Philadelphia.
- December 8 » Conservative Santiago-based government troops defeat rebels at the Battle of Loncomilla, signaling the end of the 1851 Chilean Revolution.
Day of death October 25, 1896
- The temperature on October 25, 1896 was about 6.9 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 4 » Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
- March 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
- May 18 » Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
- June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
- July 28 » The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
- August 16 » Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
Same birth/death day
- 1836 » Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer († 1891)
- 1844 » Charles-Marie Widor, French organist and composer († 1937)
- 1860 » Goscombe John, Welsh-English sculptor and academic († 1952)
- 1865 » John Haden Badley, English author and educator, founded the Bedales School († 1967)
- 1867 » Otto Hermann Kahn, German banker and philanthropist († 1934)
- 1875 » Jeanne Calment, French super-centenarian, oldest verified person ever († 1997)
- 1889 » Émile Augier, French playwright (b. 1820)
- 1895 » Charles Hallé, German-English pianist and conductor (b. 1819)
- 1902 » Frank Norris, American journalist and novelist (b. 1870)
- 1910 » Willie Anderson, Scottish-American golfer (b. 1878)
- 1916 » William Merritt Chase, American painter and educator (b. 1849)
- 1919 » William Kidston, Scottish-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Queensland (b. 1849)
About the surname Mays
- View the information that Genealogie Online has about the surname Mays.
- Check the information Open Archives has about Mays.
- Check the Wie (onder)zoekt wie? register to see who is (re)searching Mays.
The Brown/Calvert Tree publication was prepared by William J Zeman.
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin:
William J Zeman, "Brown/Calvert Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/brown-calvert-tree/P9.php : accessed April 30, 2025), "William J Mays (1851-1896)".
William J Zeman, "Brown/Calvert Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/brown-calvert-tree/P9.php : accessed April 30, 2025), "William J Mays (1851-1896)".