Downs Tree » Joseph J Cross (1849-1887)
Personal data Joseph J Cross
Source 1- He was born on January 16, 1849 in Kentucky, Verenigde Staten.
- He died on December 16, 1887 in Arkansas, he was 38 years old.
- A child of Sarah Watkins
- A child of John D Cross
Household of Joseph J Cross
He is married to Joanna L. Darby.
They got married on November 10, 1876 at Lee, Arkansas, United States, he was 27 years old.
Child(ren):
- Luella Cross 1876-1941
- James A. Cross ± 1879-????
- Lena J. Cross 1887-????
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Birthday January 16, 1849
- The temperature on January 16, 1849 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken mistig. 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 November 21, 1848 till November 1, 1849 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Kempenaer - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. J.M. de Kempenaer (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
- In The Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1849: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
- April 14 » Hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Lajos Kossuth as its leader.
- June 1 » Territorial Governor Alexander Ramsey declared the Territory of Minnesota officially established.
- July 16 » Antonio María Claret y Clará founds the Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, popularly known as the Claretians in Vic, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
- August 1 » Joven Daniel wrecks at the coast of Araucanía, Chile, leading to allegations that local Mapuche tribes murdered survivors and kidnapped Elisa Bravo.
- August 28 » After a month-long siege, Venice, which had declared itself independent as the Republic of San Marco, surrenders to Austria.
- November 16 » A Russian court sentences writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his sentence is later commuted to hard labor.
Day of marriage November 10, 1876
- The temperature on November 10, 1876 was about -2.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
- In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- April 20 » The April Uprising begins. Its suppression shocks European opinion, and Bulgarian independence becomes a condition for ending the Russo-Turkish War.
- May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
- May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
- September 7 » In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.
- October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.
- November 23 » Corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Magear Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain.
Day of death December 16, 1887
- The temperature on December 16, 1887 was about 8.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 101 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- January 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
- June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
- July 6 » David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
- July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
- November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.
- November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.
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- 1897 » Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
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James Downs, "Downs Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/downs-tree/I312392304262.php : accessed May 2, 2025), "Joseph J Cross (1849-1887)".