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.
- May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
- May 30 » Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V.
- 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.
- October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.
- November 25 » American Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack the sleeping village of Cheyenne Chief Dull Knife at the headwaters of the Powder River.
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.
- March 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
- April 14 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
- June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
- August 27 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
- September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
- October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
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- 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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