Genealogy Thomas » Robert Lawton Oswald (1850-1918)
Personal data Robert Lawton Oswald
Sources 1, 2, 3- He was born on February 17, 1850.Sources 1, 3
- He died on May 11, 1918 in James Island, Charleston, South Carolina, he was 68 years old.Source 1
- He is buried in the year 1918 in Saint James Episcopal Church Cemetery, James Island, Charleston, South Carolina.
- A child of Robert Oswald and Anna Lawton
Household of Robert Lawton Oswald
He is married to Caroline Vernon.
They got married in the year 1871, he was 20 years old.
Child(ren):
- Laura Holbrook Oswald 1875-1931
- Precival Vernon Oswald 1881-1938
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Birthday February 17, 1850
- The temperature on February 17, 1850 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken. 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 Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1850: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
- February 2 » Brigham Young declares war on Timpanogos in the Battle at Fort Utah.
- March 7 » Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech endorsing the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war.
- April 4 » Los Angeles is incorporated as a city.
- September 29 » The papal bull Universalis Ecclesiae restores the Roman Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales.
- November 24 » Danish troops defeat a Schleswig-Holstein force in the town of Lottorf, Schleswig-Holstein.
- December 16 » The Charlotte Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton, New Zealand.
Day of death May 11, 1918
- The temperature on May 11, 1918 was between 3.9 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
- January 17 » Finnish Civil War: The first serious battles take place between the Red Guards and the White Guard.
- January 25 » The Ukrainian People's Republic declares independence from Soviet Russia.
- September 26 » World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began which would last until the total surrender of German forces.
- November 1 » Malbone Street Wreck: The worst rapid transit accident in US history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, with at least 102 deaths.
- November 13 » World War I: Allied troops occupy Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire.
- December 1 » Transylvania unites with Romania, following the incorporation of Bessarabia (March 27) and Bukovina (November 28), thus concluding the Great Union.
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Amy Thomas, "Genealogy Thomas", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/genealogy-thomas/P7376.php : accessed June 4, 2024), "Robert Lawton Oswald (1850-1918)".