Downs Tree » Edith Tamer Polk (1836-1888)
Personal data Edith Tamer Polk
Sources 1, 2Source 1- She was born on March 26, 1836 in Lawrence County, Mississippi, Verenigde Staten.Source 1
- She died on September 13, 1888 in Simpson County, Mississippi, United States of America, she was 52 years old.Source 1
- She is buried in Schley, Simpson County, Mississippi, United States of America.Source 1
- A child of Simon Polk and Sintilla Polk
Household of Edith Tamer Polk
She has/had a relationship with Henry A. Stamps.
Child(ren):
- Ira Josephus Stamps 1857-1931
- Antoinette Moore 1868-1948
- George W Tyrone 1873-1928
- Fannie Belle Lane 1875-1960
- Ella Berry 1877-1960
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Birthday March 26, 1836
- The temperature on March 26, 1836 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen hagel. Special wheather fenomena: storm(achtig). 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).
- In the year 1836: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- March 1 » A convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico.
- March 5 » Samuel Colt patents the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber.
- March 27 » Texas Revolution: On the orders of General Antonio López de Santa Anna, the Mexican army massacres 342 Texas POWs at Goliad, Texas.
- June 15 » Arkansas is admitted as the 25th U.S. state.
- August 17 » British parliament accepts registration of births, marriages and deaths
- December 14 » The Toledo War unofficially ends.
Day of death September 13, 1888
- The temperature on September 13, 1888 was about 12.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- January 13 » The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
- March 11 » The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
- April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
- June 29 » George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
- August 31 » Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
- September 8 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
Same birth/death day
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- 1842 » Alexandre Saint-Yves d'Alveydre, French occultist († 1909)
- 1850 » Edward Bellamy, American author, socialist, and utopian visionary († 1898)
- 1852 » Élémir Bourges, French author († 1925)
- 1854 » Maurice Lecoq, French target shooter († 1925)
- 1871 » İbrahim Şinasi, Turkish journalist, author, and translator (b. 1826)
- 1872 » Ludwig Feuerbach, German anthropologist and philosopher (b. 1804)
- 1881 » Ambrose Burnside, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1824)
- 1885 » Friedrich Kiel, German composer and educator (b. 1821)
- 1894 » Emmanuel Chabrier, French pianist and composer (b. 1841)
- 1905 » René Goblet, French lawyer and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
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