Clymer Weir Cox Genealogy » Joseph Funk Gotwals (1789-1871)

Personal data Joseph Funk Gotwals 

  • He was born on April 10, 1789.
  • Alternative: He was born about 1789.
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1860 in Principal of Cherry Street Public School in Norristown Public Schools.
    • in the year 1855 in Taught in public school at Silver Creek, Schuykill County, Pennsylvania.
  • Graduated, One of first students to attend Millersville State Normal School.
  • He died on April 10, 1871, he was 82 years old.
  • A child of Henry (Adam ?) Snyder Gotwals and Elizabeth Cassel 15232 Funk

Household of Joseph Funk Gotwals

He is married to Nancy Metz Kolb.

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Birthday April 10, 1789

  • The temperature on April 10, 1789 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: zeer 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 1789: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 23 » Georgetown College, the first Catholic university in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.).
    • April 20 » George Washington arrives at Grays Ferry, Philadelphia while en route to Manhattan for his inauguration.
    • June 17 » In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly.
    • July 10 » Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta.
    • August 7 » The United States Department of War is established.
    • September 29 » The 1st United States Congress adjourns.

Day of death April 10, 1871

  • The temperature on April 10, 1871 was about 9.1 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 38%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 17 » The victorious Prussian Army parades through Paris, France, after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
    • March 21 » Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
    • March 27 » The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
    • April 30 » The Camp Grant massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.
    • May 28 » The Paris Commune falls after two months.
    • September 28 » The Brazilian Parliament passes a law that frees all children thereafter born to slaves, and all government-owned slaves.


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