Carter-Aaron tree » William Heber Brightwell (1845-1928)

Personal data William Heber Brightwell 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  • He was born on August 17, 1845 in Wellington, New Zealand.
  • Profession: in the year 1882 Farmer in Normanby, Taranaki, New Zealand.
  • (Electoral Roll) between 1874 and 1875 in Oroua Bridge, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand.
    Store and dwelling house
  • (Electoral Roll) in the year 1881 in Normanby, Taranaki, New Zealand.
    Settler
  • (Electoral Roll) in the year 1893 in Manaia, Taranaki, New Zealand.
    Settler
  • (Electoral Roll) in the year 1893 in Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand.
    Store keeper
  • (Electoral Roll) in the year 1896 in 57 Daniel St, Wellington, New Zealand.
    Settler
  • (Electoral Roll) in the year 1911 in 102 Majoribanks St, Wellington, New Zealand.
    Settler
  • (Electoral Roll) in the year 1913 in 71 Macleay Street, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia.
    Independent means
  • (Passenger List) on October 27, 1917 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
    R.M.S. Niagara: Auckland, New Zealand->
  • He died on July 3, 1928 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, he was 82 years old.
    Oorzaak: Pneumonia
    Jumped from the Suspension Bridge at Parsley Bay, Sydney
  • He is buried in South Head Cemetery, 763 Old South Head Rd, Vaucluse, New South Wales, Australia.
  • A child of Thomas Brightwell and Mary Ann Knight

Household of William Heber Brightwell

He is married to Mary Ann Reeve.

They got married in the year 1873 at New Zealand, he was 27 years old.


Child(ren):

  6. Eva Lucy Brightwell  1884-????

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  1. Australian Newspapers, April 25, 1917
    <p>Referee (Sydney, NSW)<br />Publication: Apr 25 1917 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia<br />About this sourceDescription: 1 online resource : illustrations. Notes: Title from title screen. Digitised as part of the "Digitised newspapers and more" which allows access to historic Australian periodicals. Also available in print and on microfilm. Life Dates: No. 1 (October 20, 1886)-no. 2736 (August 31, 1939) Former Title: Arrow (Sydney, N.S.W.) Place: Australia New South Wales Sydney.</p>
    Newspapers are fantastic sources of genealogical and family history information. Birth, marriage, and death announcements, and obituaries, are commonly used items for genealogy. However, ancestors may also be mentioned in articles reporting on local news and events (i.e. social, community, school, sport, or business related events). This index and images are provided courtesy of Trove - The National Library of Australia.
  2. Australia Newspapers, July 4, 1928
    <p>The Maitland Weekly Mercury - July 7 1928<br />Publication place: Maitland, New South Wales, Australia<br />Date: July 7 1928<br />Text: ".... - In loving memory of our dear son and brother, Harold, who died July 1, 1919. A precious one..."</p>
    More information about the history of a community can be discovered through society pages and stories of local interest that can contain detailed records of activities and events and often provide more information about the persons involved, as well as the context of the times in which an ancestor may have lived.

    The images in this collection are provided courtesy of Trove - The National Library of Australia
  3. Australia Electoral Rolls, 1893-1949
    William Heber Brightwell<br>Gender: Male<br>Voter registration:
    Year: 1913
    State: New South Wales, Australia
    Division: Darlinghurst
    Sub-division: Darlinghurst Road
    Elector #: 160<br>Possible relatives<br>Name; Suggested alternatives<br><a href="https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10744-554461/amy-blanch-brightwell-in-australia-electoral-rolls?s=10391181">Amy Blanch Brightwell</a>; <br><a href="https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10744-554462/mary-anne-brightwell-in-australia-electoral-rolls?s=10391181">Mary Anne Brightwell</a>;

    Compulsory enrolment was introduced for all federal elections from 1911, and the records in this collection reflect the adult population (over 21 years) excluding the foreign and indigenous population. Women’s suffrage was largely achieved at the national level in Australia in 1902.



    This collection includes rolls from each state for the following years:

    • New South Wales: 1903, 1913, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1946
    • Queensland: 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1900, 1901, 1903, 1905, 1906, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1915, 1934, 1939, 1943
    • South Australia: 1939, 1941, 1943
    • Tasmania: 1934, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1949
    • Victoria: 1922, 1927, 1939, 1941, 1946,
    • Western Australia: 1934, 1939, 1943, 1949.

  4. Australia Death Notices, 1860-2019
    William Heber Brightwell<br>Birth: Circa 1845<br>Death: July 2 1928<br>Notice type: Death notice<br>Age at death: 83<br>Published: July 3 1928<br>Published by: Sydney Morning Herald<br>Other details: at Sydney, late of Raroa, Vaucluse, formerly of New Zealand
    Records include the name of the deceased, date of death, age, notice type and the publication source.
  5. Australia, New South Wales Death Index, 1787-1986
    William H Brightwell<br>Death:
    Year: 1928
    District: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia<br>Registration: New South Wales, Australia<br>Father: Sydney Brightwell
    The district given in a record refers primarily to an electoral district, city, or township within New South Wales; however, the point of reference may also be a street or intersection. The vast majority of the deaths occurred in New South Wales, with a small minority that took place in Queensland, Tasmania, or elsewhere.
  6. New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1881-1935
    William Heber Brightwell<br>Voter registration:
    Year: 1893
    Electorate: Patea
    Region: Taranaki<br>Address: Hawera<br>Occupation: Storekeeper<br>Comments: Residential<br>Record #: 2041<br>Reference: B623
    Electoral rolls can serve as a substitute for census listings. They are particularly important for genealogy work in New Zealand, because the earliest available census listing is from 1961. In 1893, New Zealand became the first country to grant women’s suffrage.

Historical events

Birthday August 17, 1845

  • The temperature on August 17, 1845 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt regen . 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 1845: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • March 1 » United States President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas.
    • March 3 » Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
    • May 30 » The Fatel Razack coming from India, lands in the Gulf of Paria in Trinidad and Tobago carrying the first Indians to the country.
    • July 4 » Henry David Thoreau moves into a small cabin on Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. Thoreau's account of his two years there, Walden, will become a touchstone of the environmental movement.
    • October 10 » In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 students.
    • December 27 » Journalist John L. O'Sullivan, writing in his newspaper the New York Morning News, argues that the United States had the right to claim the entire Oregon Country "by the right of our manifest destiny".

Day of death July 3, 1928

  • The temperature on July 3, 1928 was between 8.9 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1928: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
    • September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
    • October 2 » The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
    • October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
    • November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
    • November 18 » Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.
    • November 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.


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Source: Wikipedia

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