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Personal data Alexander Rook 

Source 1
  • He was born in the year 1792 in Southill, Bedfordshire.
  • He was baptized on February 12, 1792 in Southill, Bedfordshire.
  • Census in the year 1881, Village, Warden Aka Old Warden, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire.
    Parish Annuitant
  • Census in the year 1841, Southill, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire.
    Agricultural labourer
  • Census in the year 1851, Lodge Gate, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire.
    Agricultural Labourer
  • Census in the year 1871, Cottage, Southill, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire.
    Agricultural Labourer
  • He died in the year 1882 in Biggleswade (RD), Bedfordshire, he was 90 years old.
  • He is buried on November 4, 1882 in St. Leonard, Old Warden, Bedfordshire.
  • A child of Alexander Rook and Ann Matthews

Household of Alexander Rook

He is married to Mary Ann.

They got married


Child(ren):

  1. Mary Rook  1816-????
  2. Lucy Rook  1817-1879 
  3. George Rook  1822-1823
  4. Charles Rook  1825-1834
  5. Martha Rook  1828-1902 
  6. Harriet Rook  1834-1878

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Alexander Rook

Alexander Rook
1792-1882


Mary Ann
1796-????

Mary Rook
1816-????
Lucy Rook
1817-1879
George Rook
1822-1823
Charles Rook
1825-1834
Martha Rook
1828-1902
Harriet Rook
1834-1878

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Sources

  1. Dawson13 Web Site, Tina Dawson13, Alexander Rook, March 6, 2009
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Historical events

Christening day February 12, 1792

  • The temperature on February 12, 1792 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1792: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 29 » King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.
    • April 20 » France declares war against the "King of Hungary and Bohemia", the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars.
    • April 21 » Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered.
    • April 25 » "La Marseillaise" (the French national anthem) is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.
    • June 1 » Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States.
    • June 4 » Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Day of burial November 4, 1882

  • The temperature on November 4, 1882 was about 11.2 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 31 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1882: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 6 » The Serbian kingdom is re-founded.
    • March 24 » Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
    • July 26 » Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.
    • September 13 » Anglo-Egyptian War: The Battle of Tel el-Kebir is fought.
    • October 16 » The Nickel Plate Railroad opens for business.
    • December 6 » Transit of Venus, second and last of the 19th century.

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