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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Edmond Townsend

Charles Thompson Townsend
1792-1865
Martha Blount Humphrey
1796-1875

John Edmond Townsend
1857-1927


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    1. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
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    2. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    3. 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1900; Census Place: Raft Swamp, Robeson, North Carolina; Roll: 1214; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0112; FHL microfilm: 1241214 / Ancestry.com
    4. North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1975, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    5. 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1860; Census Place: Robeson, North Carolina; Roll: M653_911; Page: 465; Image: 270; Family History Library Film: 803911 / Ancestry.com
    6. North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    7. North Carolina, Death Collection, 1908-2004, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    8. 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1910; Census Place: Raft Swamp, Robeson, North Carolina; Roll: T624_1129; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0112; FHL microfilm: 1375142 / Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    Birthday March 7, 1857

    • The temperature on March 7, 1857 was about 5.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1857: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
      • January 24 » The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first fully fledged university in South Asia.
      • March 23 » Elisha Otis's first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway New York City.
      • May 26 » Dred Scott is emancipated by the Blow family, his original owners.
      • June 1 » Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal is published.
      • September 7 » Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers slaughter most members of peaceful, emigrant wagon train.
      • September 12 » The SSCentral America sinks about 160 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, drowning a total of 426 passengers and crew, including Captain William Lewis Herndon. The ship was carrying 13–15 tons of gold from the California Gold Rush.

    Day of death July 7, 1927

    • The temperature on July 7, 1927 was between 16.4 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 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 1927: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
      • April 14 » The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden.
      • May 9 » Old Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
      • September 22 » Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.
      • October 6 » Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie.
      • November 13 » The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.
      • November 21 » Columbine Mine massacre: Striking coal miners are allegedly attacked with machine guns by a detachment of state police dressed in civilian clothes.

    Day of burial July 8, 1927

    • The temperature on July 8, 1927 was between 15.6 °C and 24.0 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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 1927: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
      • February 23 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.
      • March 29 » Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.
      • April 30 » Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
      • May 21 » Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
      • July 24 » The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
      • November 21 » Columbine Mine massacre: Striking coal miners are allegedly attacked with machine guns by a detachment of state police dressed in civilian clothes.
    

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