Clarke Family Tree » William Holdsworth (1831-1907)
Personal data William Holdsworth
Source 1- He was born on May 26, 1831 in DRINEDRNAY, PARISH OF CLONES, MONAGHAN, IRELAND.
- He died on November 14, 1907 in Preemption, Mercer, Illinois, USA, he was 76 years old.
- A child of John Holdsworth and Sarah Levingston
Household of William Holdsworth
(1) He is married to Margaret Presho.
They got married on June 2, 1865 at St Lukes Episcopal Church, New York, United States, he was 34 years old.
Child(ren):
- Sarah Jane Holdsworth 1869-1958
- Thomas Holdsworth 1872-1957
(2) He is married to Phebe S L Holdsworth.
They got married about 1868 at (probably Illinois), Verenigde Staten.
Child(ren):
- William Holdsworth 1878-1962
- John Holdsworth 1881-1918
- Ellen Holdsworth 1883-1972
- Latimer Holdsworth 1885-1977
- Robert H Holdsworth 1886-1979
- Clarence Holdsworth 1891-1992
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Historical events
Birthday May 26, 1831
- The temperature on May 26, 1831 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: dampig. 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 1831: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- April 18 » The University of Alabama is founded in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
- June 1 » James Clark Ross becomes the first European at the North Magnetic Pole.
- July 21 » Inauguration of Leopold I of Belgium, first king of the Belgians.
- August 8 » Four hundred Shawnee people agree to relinquish their lands in Ohio in exchange for land west of the Mississippi River in the Treaty of Wapakoneta.
- August 12 » French intervention forces William I of the Netherlands to abandon his attempt to suppress the Belgian Revolution.
- October 29 » Riots in the city of Bristol as part of the 1831 reform riots against the second reform Bill of the Reform Act 1832 begin.
Day of marriage June 2, 1865
- The temperature on June 2, 1865 was about 20.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- March 29 » American Civil War: Federal forces under Major General Philip Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins.
- April 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Sailor's Creek: Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights and loses its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia during the Appomattox Campaign.
- April 13 » American Civil War: Raleigh, North Carolina is occupied by Union Forces.
- May 9 » American Civil War: President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation ending belligerent rights of the rebels and enjoining foreign nations to intern or expel Confederate ships.
- July 14 » First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom die on the descent.
- August 12 » Joseph Lister, British surgeon and scientist, performs 1st antiseptic surgery.
Day of death November 14, 1907
- The temperature on November 14, 1907 was between 4.4 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
- April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
- May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
- July 29 » Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
- September 30 » The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
- October 22 » A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.
- November 16 » Cunard Line's RMSMauretania, sister ship of RMSLusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
Same birth/death day
- 1799 » August Kopisch, German poet and painter († 1853)
- 1822 » Edmond de Goncourt, French author and critic, founded the Académie Goncourt († 1896)
- 1863 » Bob Fitzsimmons, English-New Zealand boxer († 1917)
- 1865 » Robert W. Chambers, American author and illustrator († 1933)
- 1867 » Mary of Teck, English-born queen consort of the United Kingdom († 1953)
- 1873 » Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator († 1958)
- 1907 » Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1848)
- 1908 » Guangxu Emperor of China (b. 1871)
- 1910 » John La Farge, American artist (b. 1835)
- 1914 » Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar, Indian lawyer and journalist (b. 1861)
- 1915 » Booker T. Washington, American educator, essayist and historian (b. 1856)
- 1916 » Henry George, Jr., American journalist and politician (b. 1862)
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