Buitenwerf family tree » John Merrill Zeluff (1824-1887)
Personal data John Merrill Zeluff
Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4- He was born on November 24, 1824 in Staten Island, Richmond, New York, United States.Source 4
Attention: Was younger than 16 years (8) when child (Susan A Zeluff) was born (??-04-1833). - Resident in the year 1855: Northfield, Richmond, New York, USA.Source 4
- He died on April 13, 1887 in Staten Island, Richmond, New York, United States, he was 62 years old.Source 3
- He is buried in Graniteville, Richmond County (Staten Island), New York, USA.Source 3
- A child of Peter Zeluff and Eleanor "Nellie" Eve Merrell
Household of John Merrill Zeluff
He is married to Phoebe Elizabeth Decker.
They got married on September 30, 1843 at Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA, he was 18 years old.Source 2
Child(ren):
- Susan A Zeluff 1833-????
- Ellen F Zeluff ± 1848-1923
- Peter A Zeluff ± 1849-1929
- Maryanne Zeluff 1852-1853
- Joseph H Zeluff ± 1855-1872
- Arthur Prall Zeluff 1856-1923
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Sources
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=730337&pid=2547
/ Ancestry.com - U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989, Ancestry.com, Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Records of the Protestant Dutch Church, Port Richmond Staten, Island, Book 38 / Ancestry.com
- U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- New York, State Census, 1855, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday November 24, 1824
- The temperature on November 24, 1824 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 1824: Source: Wikipedia
- January 22 » The Ashantis defeat British forces in the Gold Coast.
- March 11 » The United States Department of War creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
- June 21 » Greek War of Independence: Egyptian forces capture Psara in the Aegean Sea.
- August 5 » Greek War of Independence: Constantine Kanaris leads a Greek fleet to victory against Ottoman and Egyptian naval forces in the Battle of Samos.
- December 1 » United States presidential election: Since no candidate received a majority of the total electoral college votes in the election, the United States House of Representatives is given the task of deciding the winner in accordance with the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
- December 9 » Patriot forces led by General Antonio José de Sucre defeat a Royalist army in the Battle of Ayacucho, putting an end to the Peruvian War of Independence.
Day of marriage September 30, 1843
- The temperature on September 30, 1843 was about 14.0 °C. There was 484 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. Special wheather fenomena: . 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 1843: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
- June 26 » Treaty of Nanking comes into effect, Hong Kong Island is ceded to the British "in perpetuity".
- July 19 » Brunel's steamship the SSGreat Britain is launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull and screw propeller, becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world.
- October 14 » Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell arrested by British on charges of criminal conspiracy.
- October 16 » William Rowan Hamilton invents quaternions, a three-dimensional system of complex numbers.
- October 30 » Fuerte Bulnes, the first Chilean settlement in the strait of Magellan, is founded.
- December 16 » The discovery of octonions by John T. Graves, who denoted them with a boldface O, was announced to his mathematician friend William Hamilton, discoverer of quaternions, in a letter on this date.
Day of death April 13, 1887
- The temperature on April 13, 1887 was about 4.1 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- February 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
- February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
- April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
- July 4 » The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
- November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
- November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.
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- 1886 » John Humphrey Noyes, American religious leader, founded the Oneida Community (b. 1811)
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- 1899 » James Service, Scottish-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Victoria (b. 1823)
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