Colgan Family tree » William F Alexander (1844-1886)

Personal data William F Alexander 

Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Household of William F Alexander

He is married to Annie Murphy.

They got married on September 27, 1866 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, he was 22 years old.Source 8


Child(ren):

  1. William J Alexander  1868-1941 
  2. Annie Rush Alexander  1870-1903 

Do you have supplementary information, corrections or questions with regards to William F Alexander?
The author of this publication would love to hear from you!


Timeline William F Alexander

  This functionality is only available in Javascript supporting browsers.
Click on the names for more info. Symbols used: grootouders grandparents   ouders parents   broers-zussen brothers/sisters   kinderen children

Ancestors (and descendant) of William F Alexander

Samuel Alexander
± 1815-????

William F Alexander
1844-1886

1866

Annie Murphy
1846-1892

William J Alexander
1868-1941
Annie Rush Alexander
1870-1903
George Wylie Alexander
1879-1953

With Quick Search you can search by name, first name followed by a last name. You type in a few letters (at least 3) and a list of personal names within this publication will immediately appear. The more characters you enter the more specific the results. Click on a person's name to go to that person's page.

  • You can enter text in lowercase or uppercase.
  • If you are not sure about the first name or exact spelling, you can use an asterisk (*). Example: "*ornelis de b*r" finds both "cornelis de boer" and "kornelis de buur".
  • It is not possible to enter charachters outside the standard alphabet (so no diacritic characters like ö and é).


Visualize another relationship

Sources

  1. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=46911417&pid=3201
    / Ancestry.com
  2. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  3. 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1860; Census Place: Philadelphia Ward 15, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1165; Page: 715; Family History Library Film: 805165 / Ancestry.com
  4. Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, Ancestry.com, Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 230 / Ancestry.com
  5. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates Index, 1803-1915, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  6. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1924, Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906–1967; Certificate Number Range: 061651-064350 / Ancestry.com
  7. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1924, Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906–1967; Certificate Number Range: 059001-061450 / Ancestry.com
  8. Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, Ancestry.com, Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 343 / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Day of marriage September 27, 1866

  • The temperature on September 27, 1866 was about 21.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 Netherlands , there was from February 10, 1866 to June 1, 1866 the cabinet Fransen van de Putte, with I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • In the year 1866: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 16 » Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes British Secretary of State for War.
    • May 1 » The Memphis Race Riots begin. In three days time, 46 blacks and two whites were killed. Reports of the atrocities influenced passage of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
    • June 7 » One thousand eight hundred Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United States after looting and plundering the Saint-Armand and Frelighsburg areas of Canada East.
    • July 30 » Armed Confederate veterans in New Orleans riot against a meeting of Radical Republicans, killing 48 people and injuring another 100.
    • September 22 » The Battle of Curupayty is Paraguay's only significant victory in the Paraguayan War.
    • December 12 » Oaks explosion: The worst mining disaster in England kills 361 miners and rescuers.

Day of death September 10, 1886

  • The temperature on September 10, 1886 was about 22.9 °C. The air pressure was 24 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1886: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 27 » Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
    • May 29 » The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
    • June 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
    • July 4 » The Canadian Pacific Railway's first scheduled train from Montreal arrives in Port Moody on the Pacific coast, after six days of travel.
    • August 31 » The 7.0 Mw  Charleston earthquake affects southeastern South Carolina with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Sixty people killed with damage estimated at $5–6 million.
    • November 14 » Friedrich Soennecken first developed the hole puncher, a type of office tool capable of punching small holes in paper.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia


About the surname Alexander


The Colgan Family tree publication was prepared by .contact the author
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin:
James Colgan, "Colgan Family tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/colgan-family-tree/P3201.php : accessed May 14, 2025), "William F Alexander (1844-1886)".