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Personal data Robert Stewart Gourlay 

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  • He was born on March 12, 1859 in Anderston, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland.
  • Profession: Marine Engineer.
  • He died on July 12, 1921 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States, he was 62 years old.
  • He is buried on July 14, 1921.

Household of Robert Stewart Gourlay

He is married to Agnes Grieve.

They got married on December 7, 1881 at Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, he was 22 years old.

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    Robert Stewart Gourlay
    Birth name: Robert Stewart Gourlay
    Gender: Male
    Birth: Mar 12 1859 - Anderston,Glasgow,Lanark,Scotland
    Marriage: Spouse: Agnes Grieve - Dec 7 1881 - Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
    Death: July 12 1921 - Washington, District of Columbia, United States
    Burial: July 14 1921
    Parents: Robert Stewart Gourlay, Catherine Gourlay (born Brember)
    Wife: Agnes Gourlay (born Grieve)
    Children: Agnes Grieve Cameron (born Gourlay), Isabella Grieve Gourlay, Robert Stewart Gourlay, William Grieve Gourlay, James Stewart Gourlay, Thomas Grieve Gourlay, Angus Campbell Gourlay;, Alexander Grieves GOURLAY, Catherine Brember Gourlay, Mary Stewart Gourlay
    Siblings: Ann Brember Gourlay, William Gourlay, Catherine Bredner Gourlay, Mary Stewart Gourlay, James Gourlay, Margaret Stewart Gourlay
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Historical events

Birthday March 12, 1859

  • The temperature on March 12, 1859 was about 10.3 °C. There was 16 mm of rain. The air pressure was 50 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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).
  • From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
  • In the year 1859: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 24 » The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (later named Romania) is formed as a personal union under the rule of Domnitor Alexandru Ioan Cuza.
    • February 19 » Daniel E. Sickles, a New York Congressman, is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity.
    • June 18 » First ascent of Aletschhorn, second summit of the Bernese Alps.
    • July 30 » First ascent of Grand Combin, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
    • August 16 » The Grand Duchy of Tuscany formally deposes the exiled House of Lorraine.
    • August 28 » The Carrington event is the strongest geomagnetic storm on record to strike the Earth. Electrical telegraph service is widely disrupted.

Day of marriage December 7, 1881

  • The temperature on December 7, 1881 was about 6.7 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 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 1881: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 25 » Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
    • May 10 » Carol I is crowned the King of the Romanian Kingdom.
    • June 28 » The Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed.
    • November 3 » The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile.
    • November 9 » Mapuche rebels attack the fortified Chilean settlement of Temuco.
    • December 4 » The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.

Day of death July 12, 1921

  • The temperature on July 12, 1921 was between 11.8 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
    • January 16 » The Marxist Left in Slovakia and the Transcarpathian Ukraine holds its founding congress in Ľubochňa.
    • May 19 » The United States Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act establishing national quotas on immigration.
    • August 3 » Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
    • August 28 » The Red Army dissolved the Free Territory, after driving the Black Army out of Ukraine.
    • October 5 » The World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio.
    • October 29 » The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed.

Day of burial July 14, 1921

  • The temperature on July 14, 1921 was between 8.2 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
    • January 20 » The British K-class submarine HMS K5 sinks in the English Channel; all 56 on board die.
    • May 3 » The Government of Ireland Act 1920 is passed, dividing Ireland into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
    • July 10 » Belfast's Bloody Sunday: Sixteen people are killed and 161 houses destroyed during rioting and gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
    • September 5 » Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle party in San Francisco ends with the death of the young actress Virginia Rappe: One of the first scandals of the Hollywood community.
    • September 21 » A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500–600 people.
    • November 4 » Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.


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