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Personal data Mercella Elvira Williams 

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Household of Mercella Elvira Williams

She is married to John Wesley Kesterson.

They got married on January 2, 1876 at Mills, Iowa, United States, she was 21 years old.Source 4

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Sources

  1. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=38952024&pid=211
    / Ancestry.com
  2. 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1920; Census Place: West Fork, Monona, Iowa; Roll: T625_503; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 95; Image: 565 / Ancestry.com
  3. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  4. 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1900; Census Place: West Fork, Monona, Iowa; Roll: 449; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0068; FHL microfilm: 1240449 / Ancestry.com
  5. 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Year: 1880; Census Place: Ashton, Monona, Iowa; Roll: 357; Family History Film: 1254357; Page: 49B; Enumeration District: 153; Image: 0100 / Ancestry.com
  6. 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1860; Census Place: Rawles, Mills, Iowa; Roll: M653_336; Page: 87; Image: 89; Family History Library Film: 803336 / Ancestry.com
  7. Iowa, Select Marriages, 1809-1992, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  8. Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  9. Iowa, Select Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  10. Iowa State Census, 1895, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  11. 1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1870; Census Place: Rawles, Mills, Iowa; Roll: M593_411; Page: 85A; Image: 173; Family History Library Film: 545910 / Ancestry.com
  12. 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1910; Census Place: West Fork, Monona, Iowa; Roll: T624_414; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 0073; FHL microfilm: 1374427 / Ancestry.com

Historical events

  • The temperature on January 24, 1854 was about 2.2 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
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    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).
  • From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In the year 1854: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • February 23 » The official independence of the Orange Free State is declared.
    • February 24 » A Penny Red with perforations was the first perforated postage stamp to be officially issued for distribution.
    • March 1 » German psychologist Friedrich Eduard Beneke disappears; two years later his remains are found in a canal near Charlottenburg.
    • July 13 » In the Battle of Guaymas, Mexico, General José María Yáñez stops the French invasion led by Count Gaston de Raousset-Boulbon.
    • September 27 » The steamship SSArctic sinks with 300 people on board.
    • October 9 » Crimean War: The siege of Sevastopol begins.
  • The temperature on November 14, 1926 was between 7.5 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the 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 August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • 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 1926: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
    • January 26 » The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
    • May 9 » Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
    • May 22 » Chiang Kai-shek replaces the communists in Kuomintang China.
    • August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
    • August 6 » Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
    • November 15 » The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.


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