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Personal data Robert Young Medcalf 

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Household of Robert Young Medcalf

He is married to Catherine Eleanor Hewett.

They got married in the year 1870 at Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, he was 22 years old.


Child(ren):

  3. Rush Eliza Medcalf  1874-????
  8. Ellen Linda Medcalf  1885-????
  9. Edgar Bruce Medcalf  1887-????

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  1. Australian Newspapers, via https://www.myheritage.com/research/reco..., May 29, 1920
    <p>Methodist (Sydney, NSW)<br />Publication: May 29 1920 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia<br />Text: "...deceased him by about a year. MR, ROBERT YOUNG MEDCALF. Mr. Rolbert Young Medcalf was born at 'Sydney on 31st March, 1847, and died 2nd May, 1920. He was an old York Street Iboy, where his father was the first..."<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 microform. Life Dates: Vol. 1, no. 1 (January 2, 1892)-vol. 63, no. 52 (December 25, 1954) 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, May 3, 1920
    <p>The Daily Telegraph - May 3 1920<br />Publication place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia<br />Date: May 3 1920<br />Text: "...for the Manly Cemetery. kindly invited to attend the Funeral of their beloved brother and uncle, Robert Y. Medcalf, which will leave his late residence, "..."</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. Kern Web Site, Linda Kern, Robert Young Medcalf, March 13, 2009
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    MyHeritage.com family tree Family site: Kern Web Site Family tree: Medcalf_2009-02-15

Historical events

Birthday March 31, 1847

  • The temperature on March 31, 1847 was about 3.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly north. 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 1847: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • February 22 » Mexican–American War: The Battle of Buena Vista: Five thousand American troops defeat 15,000 Mexican troops.
    • March 29 » Mexican–American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.
    • July 24 » After 17 months of travel, Brigham Young leads 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City.
    • October 12 » Werner von Siemens founds Siemens & Halske, which later becomes Siemens AG.
    • October 16 » The novel Jane Eyre is published in London.
    • November 19 » The second Canadian railway line, the Montreal and Lachine Railroad, is opened.

Day of death May 2, 1920

  • The temperature on May 2, 1920 was between 9.6 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
    • January 13 » The Reichstag Bloodbath of January 13, 1920, the bloodiest demonstration in German history.
    • February 13 » The Negro National League is formed.
    • February 24 » Nancy Astor becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.
    • July 11 » In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany.
    • August 18 » The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
    • November 1 » American fishing schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian fishing schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Day of burial May 3, 1920

  • The temperature on May 3, 1920 was between 7.3 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
    • January 26 » Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
    • February 9 » Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
    • February 10 » About 75% of the population in Zone I votes to join Denmark in the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites.
    • March 22 » Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attacked the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh).
    • April 28 » Azerbaijan is added to the Soviet Union.
    • July 15 » The Polish Parliament establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite.


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Source: Wikipedia

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