Hamerslag Family Tree » Benjamin Briggs (1838-1885)

Personal data Benjamin Briggs 

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Household of Benjamin Briggs

He is married to Cordelia Major Pender.

They got married on July 13, 1862 at St Mary's Kirkdale, he was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. William John Briggs  1863-????
  2. Caroline Mary Briggs  1864-1901 
  6. Theresa A. Briggs  1871-1959
  7. Matilda Jane Briggs  1873-1955 
  10. Peter Nevin Briggs  1880-1958 

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Sources

  1. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=82665707&pid=642
    / Ancestry.com
  2. 1851 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: HO107; Piece: 2104; Folio: 182; Page: 18; GSU roll: 87733 / Ancestry.com
  3. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  4. 1881 England Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Class: RG11; Piece: 3662; Folio: 84; Page: 32; GSU roll: 1341877 / Ancestry.com
  5. 1871 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: RG10; Piece: 3760; Folio: 103; Page: 36; GSU roll: 841879 / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Day of marriage July 13, 1862

  • The temperature on July 13, 1862 was about 14.3 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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 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 Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • April 7 » American Civil War: The Union's Army of the Tennessee and the Army of the Ohio defeat the Confederate Army of Mississippi near Shiloh, Tennessee.
    • June 8 » American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys: Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a Union assault on the James Peninsula led by General George B. McClellan.
    • August 30 » American Civil War: Battle of Richmond: Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout Union forces under General William "Bull" Nelson.
    • October 11 » American Civil War: Confederate troops conduct a raid on Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
    • November 5 » American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.
    • November 28 » American Civil War: In the Battle of Cane Hill, Union troops under General James G. Blunt defeat General John Marmaduke's Confederates.

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