Downs Tree » Benjiman R. Jones (1876-1928)
Personal data Benjiman R. Jones
Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6- He was born on April 23, 1876 in Mississippi.Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
- Alternative: He was born on April 23, 1876 in United States of America.Source 7
- Resident:
- in the year 1880: Beat 1, Amite, Mississippi, Verenigde Staten.Source 1
- in the year 1910: Police Jury Ward 6, Tangipahoa, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten.Source 2
- in the year 1920: Police Jury Ward 7, Livingston, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten.Source 4
- He died on March 2, 1928 in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States of America, he was 51 years old.Sources 3, 6
- He is buried in Denham Springs, Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States of America.Source 6
- A child of Phillip R. Jones and Mary A Wilkinson
Household of Benjiman R. Jones
He has/had a relationship with Margaret Elizabeth Jones Page.
Child(ren):
- Ozie Jones ± 1910-
- Oza Jones 1910-1983
- Donnis Jones 1917-2009
- Hulon H Jones 1920-1996
- Robert Edward Jones 1922-1971
- Dunk H. Jones 1925-1995
- John P. Jones 1928-2018
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Sources
- 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints / Ancestry.com
- 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Louisiana, U.S., Tombstone Inscriptions, 1812-1970, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
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- U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- (Not public)
Historical events
Birthday April 23, 1876
- The temperature on April 23, 1876 was about 11.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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.
- February 26 » Japan and Korea sign a treaty granting Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights, opening three ports to Japanese trade, and ending Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing dynasty China.
- June 25 » Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
- July 8 » The Hamburg massacre prior to the 1876 United States presidential election results in the deaths of six African-Americans of the Republican Party, along with one white assailant.
- August 8 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
- August 31 » Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid II.
- 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.
Day of death March 2, 1928
- The temperature on March 2, 1928 was between 2.8 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
- In the year 1928: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
- January 7 » A disastrous flood of the River Thames kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London.
- June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
- June 18 » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
- October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
- November 15 » The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.
- November 18 » Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.
Same birth/death day
- 1865 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general († 1943)
- 1867 » Johannes Fibiger, Danish physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1928)
- 1876 » Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author († 1925)
- 1880 » Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer († 1942)
- 1882 » Albert Coates, English composer and conductor († 1953)
- 1888 » Georges Vanier, Canadian general and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada († 1967)
- 1921 » Champ Clark, American lawyer and politician, 41st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1850)
- 1930 » D. H. Lawrence, English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1885)
- 1938 » Ben Harney, American pianist and composer (b. 1871)
- 1939 » Howard Carter, English archaeologist and historian (b. 1874)
- 1943 » Gisela Januszewska, Jewish-Austrian physician (b.1867)
- 1944 » Ida Maclean, British biochemist, the first woman admitted to the London Chemical Society (b. 1877)
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