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Personal data William Leroy McKeown [||] 


Household of William Leroy McKeown [||]

He has/had a relationship with Elizabeth Lovica Castles.


Notes about William Leroy McKeown [||]

Notes left by Addison Porter McKeown in the back of an old accountant'sledger that was kept by his wife Elizabeth Jane McKeown. Out beside eachentry in another pen are the initials of the parent. The entry reads:

"William LeRoy McKeown Born Sept 29th 1861 AP"

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Leroy McKeown

Hugh Seed McKeown
1799-1858
Nancy Susannah Wilson
1805-1867
John McKeown
1795-????
Mary Ann Wages
1797-1881

William Leroy McKeown
1861-1942


Elizabeth Lovica Castles
1864-1953


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Historical events

Birthday September 29, 1861

  • The temperature on September 29, 1861 was about 12.0 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
  • 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 year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 29 » Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
    • April 6 » First performance of Arthur Sullivan's debut success, his suite of incidental music for The Tempest, leading to a career that included the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
    • April 29 » American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.
    • May 6 » American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.
    • May 13 » Pakistan's (then a part of British India) first railway line opens, from Karachi to Kotri.
    • August 10 » American Civil War: Battle of Wilson's Creek: A mixed force of Confederate, Missouri State Guard, and Arkansas State troops defeat outnumbered attacking Union forces in the southwestern part of the state.

Day of death February 10, 1942

  • The temperature on February 10, 1942 was between -5.5 and 2.7 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
    • February 9 » Year-round Daylight saving time (aka War Time) is re-instated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources.
    • February 24 » An order-in-council passed under the Defence of Canada Regulations of the War Measures Act gives the Canadian federal government the power to intern all "persons of Japanese racial origin".
    • May 12 » World War II: The U.S. tanker SS Virginia is torpedoed in the mouth of the Mississippi River by the German submarineU-507.
    • May 31 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia.
    • June 7 » World War II: Aleutian Islands Campaign: Imperial Japanese soldiers begin occupying the American islands of Attu and Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska.
    • June 20 » The Holocaust: Kazimierz Piechowski and three others, dressed as members of the SS-Totenkopfverbände, steal an SS staff car and escape from the Auschwitz concentration camp.


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