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Personal data William Jefferson Burkett 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  • He was born on May 15, 1825 in Lawrence County, Mississippi, United States of America.Sources 2, 3, 6
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1860: Monticello, Lawrence County, MS.Source 4
    • in the year 1870: Beat 5, Simpson, Mississippi, Verenigde Staten.Source 2
  • He died on July 25, 1905 in Harrisville, Simpson County, Mississippi, United States of America, he was 80 years old.Source 6
  • He is buried in Harrisville, Simpson County, Mississippi, United States of America.Source 6

Household of William Jefferson Burkett

He had a relationship with Arcadia Cintilla Polk.


Child(ren):

  5. James H Burkett  ± 1862-????
  8. Martha Bell Felts  1867-1955
  9. Aldora Burkett  ± 1868-????
  10. Allie McCaskill  1869-1937

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Sources

  1. U.S., General Land Office Records, 1776-2015, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  2. 1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  3. Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  4. Mississippi, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1805-1890, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  5. Mississippi, U.S., Compiled Marriage Index, 1776-1935, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
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Historical events

Birthday May 15, 1825

  • The temperature on May 15, 1825 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: omtrent helder winderig. Source: KNMI
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    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 1825: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 4 » The Ohio Legislature authorizes the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal.
    • August 6 » The Bolivian Declaration of Independence is proclaimed.
    • August 25 » Uruguay declares its independence from Brazil.
    • September 27 » The world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, is ceremonially opened.
    • December 26 » Advocates of liberalism in Russia rise up against Czar Nicholas I but are suppressed in the Decembrist revolt in Saint Petersburg.
    • December 30 » The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed.

Day of death July 25, 1905

  • The temperature on July 25, 1905 was between 10.3 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • February 23 » Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.
    • May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
    • September 1 » Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
    • October 5 » The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
    • October 30 » Czar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma. (October 17 in the Julian calendar)
    • November 18 » Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.


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