Clarke Family Tree » James Edwards (1861-1933)
Personal data James Edwards
Source 1- He was born on November 29, 1861 in Prospect, New South Wales, Australia.
- He was christened on April 22, 1862 in Saint Bartholomew's, Church Of England, Prospect, New South Wales, Australia.
- He was baptized on April 22, 1862 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Alternative: He was baptized in St. Bartholomew's, Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia.
- Resident in the year 1861: .
- He died on September 9, 1933 in Forbes, New South Wales, Australia, he was 71 years old.
- He is buried in Forbes, New South Wales, Australia.
- A child of Thomas (or Rees) Edwards and Charlotte Anna Maria Jones (or Johnes)
Household of James Edwards
Timeline James Edwards
This functionality is only available in Javascript supporting browsers.
Click on the names for more info.
Symbols used: 
grandparents
parents
brothers/sisters
children
grandparents
parents
brothers/sisters
children
Ancestors (and descendant) of James Edwards
James Edwards | ||||||||||
Sources
- Steves Family Tree Web Site, Stephen Clarke, via https://www.myheritage.com/person-100004...
Individual added by confirming a Smart Match
Historical events
Birthday November 29, 1861
- The temperature on November 29, 1861 was about 8.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
- From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
- In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- January 26 » American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.
- March 30 » Discovery of the chemical elements: Sir William Crookes announces his discovery of thallium.
- April 15 » President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 Volunteers to quell the insurrection that soon became the American Civil War.
- June 3 » American Civil War: Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races): Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia.
- July 16 » American Civil War: At the order of President Abraham Lincoln, Union troops begin a 25-mile march into Virginia for what will become the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the war.
- September 3 » American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
Christening day April 22, 1862
- The temperature on April 22, 1862 was about 11.1 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-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)
- From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
- 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 1862: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- January 30 » The first American ironclad warship, the USSMonitor is launched.
- May 1 » American Civil War: The Union Army completes its capture of New Orleans.
- June 5 » As the Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France, the guerrilla leader Trương Định decides to defy Emperor Tự Đức of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans.
- July 23 » American Civil War: Henry Halleck takes command of the Union Army.
- September 18 » The Confederate States celebrate for the first and only time a Thanksgiving Day.
- November 7 » American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside was assigned to command the Army of the Potomac in Antietam, Maryland. After Union General George B. McClellan refused to pursue Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia after their retreat from the Battle of Antietam.
Day of death September 9, 1933
- The temperature on September 9, 1933 was between 11.2 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1933: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
- January 30 » Adolf Hitler is sworn in as Chancellor of Germany.
- February 20 » The U.S. Congress approves the Blaine Act to repeal federal Prohibition in the United States, sending the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution to state ratifying conventions for approval.
- April 24 » Nazi Germany begins its persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg.
- August 14 » Loggers cause a forest fire in the Coast Range of Oregon, later known as the first forest fire of the Tillamook Burn; it is not fully extinguished until September 5, after destroying 240,000 acres (970km).
- August 27 » The first Afrikaans Bible is introduced during a Bible Festival in Bloemfontein.
- November 16 » The United States and the Soviet Union establish formal diplomatic relations.
Same birth/death day
- 1849 » John Ambrose Fleming, English physicist and engineer († 1945)
- 1856 » Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany († 1921)
- 1857 » Theodor Escherich, German-Austrian pediatrician and academic († 1911)
- 1861 » Spyridon Samaras, Greek playwright and composer († 1917)
- 1873 » Suzan Rose Benedict, American mathematician and academic († 1942)
- 1874 » Francis Dodd, Welsh-English painter and academic († 1949)
- 1934 » Roger Fry, English painter and critic (b. 1866)
- 1941 » Hans Spemann, German embryologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
- 1943 » Carlo Bergamini, Italian admiral (b. 1888)
- 1943 » Charles McLean Andrews, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1863)
- 1945 » Max Ehrmann, American poet and lawyer (b. 1872)
- 1950 » Victor Hémery, French racing driver (b. 1876)
About the surname Edwards
- View the information that Genealogie Online has about the surname Edwards.
- Check the information Open Archives has about Edwards.
- Check the Wie (onder)zoekt wie? register to see who is (re)searching Edwards.
The Clarke Family Tree publication was prepared by Stephen Clarke.
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin:
Stephen Clarke, "Clarke Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/clarke-family-tree/I392494407985.php : accessed May 12, 2025), "James Edwards (1861-1933)".
Stephen Clarke, "Clarke Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/clarke-family-tree/I392494407985.php : accessed May 12, 2025), "James Edwards (1861-1933)".