Carter-Aaron tree » William Howitt (1832-1885)
Personal data William Howitt
Sources 1, 2, 3- He was born on July 27, 1832 in New South Wales, Australia.
- Resident until April 1885: 112 Campbell St, Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia.
- He died on April 9, 1885 in Sydney (RD), New South Wales, Australia, he was 52 years old.
- He is buried in Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- A child of Adam Howitt and Jane Watson
Household of William Howitt
He is married to Emma Maria Horton.
They got married in the year 1863 at Sydney (RD), New South Wales, Australia, he was 30 years old.
Child(ren):
- Adam Ernest Howitt 1864-1945
- Edith Howitt ± 1867-± 1921
- Florence Baxter Howitt 1873-1873
- Sydney George Howitt 1873-1874
- cowlishaw ± 1876-????
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Sources
- Australia Newspapers, April 10, 1885
<p>The Sydney Morning Herald - Apr 10 1885<br />Publication: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia<br />Date: Apr 10 1885<br />Text: "...6, Oxford - street, near Crown - street. THE FRIENDS of the late Mr. WILLIAM HOWITT are respectfully invited to attend his Funeral; to..."</p>
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- Hainsworth Web Site, Ron Hainsworth, William Howitt, February 2, 2009
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Historical events
Birthday July 27, 1832
- The temperature on July 27, 1832 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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).
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Day of death April 9, 1885
- The temperature on April 9, 1885 was about 5.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
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