Holicky Family Tree » Alpheus Townsend (1826-1899)
Personal data Alpheus Townsend
Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11- He was born on February 25, 1826 in Guiliford, Hendricks, Indiana, United States.Sources 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
- Resident:
- in the year 1880: Crawford, Cherokee, Kansas, United States.Source 5
- in the year 1850: Liberty, Hendricks, Indiana.Source 10
- in the year 1860: Liberty, Hendricks, Indiana, United States.Source 7
- in the year 1870: Liberty, Hendricks, Indiana, United States.Source 11
- on March 1, 1885: Crawford, Cherokee, Kansas.Source 9
- He died on February 10, 1899, he was 72 years old.Source 8
- He is buried in Galena, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA.Source 8
- A child of Ann Hockett
Household of Alpheus Townsend
(1) He is married to Mary Jane Hollowell.
They got married on August 19, 1847 at Montgomery, Indiana, USA, he was 21 years old.Sources 3, 6
Child(ren):
- Indiana Townsend 1848-1889
- Alonzo H Townsend 1852-????
(2) He is married to Catherine H. Hollowell.
They got married in the year 1854 at Hendricks, Indiana, United States, he was 27 years old.
Child(ren):
- Lydia Ann Townsend 1858-????
- Martha E. Townsend 1860-1908
- Florence Viola Townsend 1862-1865
- Oscar Townsend 1865-1951
- Asenath Candace Townsend 1870-1946
- Asenath Candace Townsend 1871-1946
- Arthur Townsend 1872-1960
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Sources
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=38952024&pid=2807
/ Ancestry.com - U.S., Hinshaw Index to Selected Quaker Records, 1680-1940, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Indiana Marriages to 1850, Dodd, Jordan / Ancestry.com
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=12937497&pid=5353
/ Ancestry.com - 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Year: 1880; Census Place: Crawford, Cherokee, Kansas; Roll: 375; Family History Film: 1254375; Page: 438A; Enumeration District: 39; Image: 0775.
Birth date: abt 1826 Birth place: Indiana Residence date: 1880 Residence place: Crawford, Cherokee, Kansas, United States
/ Ancestry.com - Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941, Ancestry.com, Book: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT; Page: 0877709 / Ancestry.com
- 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1860; Census Place: Liberty, Hendricks, Indiana; Roll: ; Page: 540; Image: 64.
Birth date: abt 1826 Birth place: Indiana Residence date: 1860 Residence place: Liberty, Hendricks, Indiana, United States
/ Ancestry.com - U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925, Ancestry.com
Birth date: abt 1826 Birth place: Indiana Residence date: 1 Mar 1885 Residence place: Crawford, Cherokee, Kansas
/ Ancestry.com - 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1850; Census Place: Liberty, Hendricks, Indiana; Roll: M432_150; Page: 84B; Image: .
Birth date: abt 1826 Birth place: Indiana Residence date: 1850 Residence place: Liberty, Hendricks, Indiana
/ Ancestry.com - 1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1870; Census Place: Liberty, Hendricks, Indiana; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: .
Birth date: abt 1825 Birth place: Indiana Residence date: 1870 Residence place: Liberty, Hendricks, Indiana, United States
/ Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday February 25, 1826
- The temperature on February 25, 1826 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken winderig regen. 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 year 1826: Source: Wikipedia
- February 11 » University College London is founded as University of London.
- April 10 » The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town of Missolonghi begin leaving the town after a year's siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.
- June 21 » Maniots defeat Egyptians under Ibrahim Pasha in the Battle of Vergas.
- August 18 » Major Gordon Laing becomes the first non-Muslim to enter Timbuktu.
- September 11 » Captain William Morgan, an ex-freemason is arrested in Batavia, New York for debt after declaring that he would publish The Mysteries of Free Masonry, a book against Freemasonry. This sets into motion the events that lead to his mysterious disappearance.
- November 25 » The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy.
Day of marriage August 19, 1847
- The temperature on August 19, 1847 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. 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 year 1847: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
- January 1 » The world's first "Mercy" Hospital is founded in Pittsburgh, United States, by a group of Sisters of Mercy from Ireland; the name will go on to grace over 30 major hospitals throughout the world.
- January 6 » Samuel Colt obtains his first contract for the sale of revolver pistols to the United States government.
- January 30 » Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco, California.
- April 18 » American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico.
- September 12 » Mexican–American War: the Battle of Chapultepec begins.
- November 10 » The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked in thick fog off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 92 of the 110 on board. The disaster results in the construction of the Fastnet Rock lighthouse.
Day of death February 10, 1899
- The temperature on February 10, 1899 was about 17.9 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 44%. 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, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- February 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
- February 6 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
- September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
- September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
- October 11 » The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
- November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
Same birth/death day
- 1809 » John Hart, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of South Australia († 1873)
- 1812 » Carl Christian Hall, Danish lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Denmark († 1888)
- 1816 » Giovanni Morelli, Italian historian and critic († 1891)
- 1833 » John St. John, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Kansas († 1916)
- 1841 » Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter and sculptor († 1919)
- 1842 » Karl May, German author, poet, and playwright († 1912)
- 1887 » Ellen Wood, English author (b. 1814)
- 1891 » Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian-Swedish mathematician and physicist (b. 1850)
- 1904 » John A. Roche, American lawyer and politician, 30th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1844)
- 1906 » Ezra Butler Eddy, American-Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1827)
- 1912 » Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, English surgeon and academic (b. 1827)
- 1913 » Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Greek long jumper (b. 1888)
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