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Personal data William James Griffiths 


Household of William James Griffiths

He is married to Mary Anne Sheather.

They got married on October 6, 1879 at CoE, Tooma (reg'd Albury), NSW, AU, he was 21 years old.


Child(ren):

  8. Ruby Mary Griffiths  1892-1971

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Birthday November 20, 1857

  • The temperature on November 20, 1857 was about -2.2 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1857: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • March 3 » Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.
    • March 6 » The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case.
    • May 10 » Indian Rebellion of 1857: In India, the first war of Independence begins. Sepoys mutiny against their commanding officers at Meerut.
    • September 22 » The Russian warship Lefort capsizes and sinks during a storm in the Gulf of Finland, killing all 826 aboard.
    • October 24 » Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest association football club still in operation, is founded in England.
    • December 31 » Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa, then a small logging town, as the capital of the Province of Canada.

Day of marriage October 6, 1879

  • The temperature on October 6, 1879 was about 15.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • 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 1879: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 22 » The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also during the Anglo-Zulu War and just some 15km away from Isandlwana, results in a British victory.
    • February 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
    • May 14 » The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
    • May 26 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
    • July 1 » Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
    • December 21 » World premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Day of death February 7, 1902

  • The temperature on February 7, 1902 was between -6.8 °C and 1.1 °C and averaged -1.5 °C. 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
    • February 27 » Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
    • March 6 » Real Madrid CF is founded.
    • April 14 » James Cash Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
    • July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
    • August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.


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About the surname Griffiths


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