Downs Tree » Starlena L. Rountree (1862-1883)
Personal data Starlena L. Rountree
Sources 1, 2, 3, 4Sources 1, 2, 4- She was born on May 2, 1862 in Amite, Mississippi.Sources 1, 2, 4
- Resident:
- in the year 1880: Cains, Franklin, Mississippi, Verenigde Staten.Source 4
- in the year 1900: Police Jury Ward 7, Livingston, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten.Source 1
- She died on July 14, 1883 in Denham Springs, Livingston, Louisiana, USA, she was 21 years old.Source 2
Attention: Deceased (July 14, 1883) prior to birth (??-09-1884) of child (Vertis Verdie Thornton). Attention: Deceased (July 14, 1883) prior to birth (??-01-1893) of child (Azelie Thornton). Attention: Deceased (July 14, 1883) prior to birth (??-01-1889) of child (John Thornton). Attention: Deceased (July 14, 1883) prior to birth (November 14, 1887) of child (Mertis Cleveland Thornton). Attention: Deceased (July 14, 1883) prior to birth (??-10-1885) of child (Curtis Thornton). Attention: Deceased (July 14, 1883) prior to birth (??-03-1896) of child (Pharley Thornton). Attention: Deceased (July 14, 1883) prior to birth (??-03-1898) of child (Ethel Thornton). Attention: Deceased (July 14, 1883) prior to birth (??-10-1899) of child (Lucious Thornton). Attention: Deceased (July 14, 1883) prior to birth (??-06-1890) of child (Rosa Thornton). Attention: Deceased (July 14, 1883) prior to birth (??-10-1894) of child (Cassie Thornton). - A child of Starling T. Rountree
- A child of Nancy Virginia Steele
Household of Starlena L. Rountree
She is married to William Jefferson Thornton.
They got married in the year 1881 at Franklin County, Mississippi, she was 18 years old.Source 1
Child(ren):
- Vertis Verdie Thornton 1884-????
- Curtis Thornton 1885-1918
- Mertis Cleveland Thornton 1887-1940
- John Thornton 1889-????
- Rosa Thornton 1890-????
- Azelie Thornton 1893-????
- Cassie Thornton 1894-????
- Pharley Thornton 1896-????
- Ethel Thornton 1898-????
- Lucious Thornton 1899-????
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Sources
- 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
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- 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday May 2, 1862
- The temperature on May 2, 1862 was about 19.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. 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.
- 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.
- June 6 » American Civil War: Battle of Memphis: Union forces capture Memphis, Tennessee, from the Confederates.
- July 1 » Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, second daughter of Queen Victoria, marries Prince Louis of Hesse, the future Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse.
- July 18 » First ascent of Dent Blanche, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
- December 26 » Four nuns serving as volunteer nurses on board USSRed Rover are the first female nurses on a U.S. Navy hospital ship.
- December 31 » American Civil War: The Battle of Stones River begins near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Day of death July 14, 1883
- The temperature on July 14, 1883 was about 16.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 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 1883: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- February 23 » Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.
- March 28 » Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc.
- August 25 » France and Viet Nam sign the Treaty of Huế, recognizing a French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin.
- August 27 » Eruption of Krakatoa: Four enormous explosions destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of climate change.
- October 20 » Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.
- December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.
Same birth/death day
- 1859 » Jerome K. Jerome, English author and playwright († 1927)
- 1860 » John Scott Haldane, Scottish physiologist, physician, and academic († 1936)
- 1860 » Theodor Herzl, Austro-Hungarian Zionist philosopher, journalist and author († 1904)
- 1865 » Clyde Fitch, American playwright († 1909)
- 1867 » Giuseppe Morello, Italian-American mobster († 1930)
- 1873 » Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator († 1944)
- 1856 » Edward Vernon Utterson, English lawyer and historian (b. 1775)
- 1876 » John Buckley, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1813)
- 1881 » Billy the Kid, American criminal (b. 1859)
- 1904 » Paul Kruger, South African politician, 5th President of the South African Republic (b. 1824)
- 1907 » William Henry Perkin, English chemist and academic (b. 1838)
- 1910 » Marius Petipa, French dancer and choreographer (b. 1818)
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