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Personal data Mary Brookes 

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Household of Mary Brookes

(1) She is married to John Knight.

They got married on October 13, 1850 at St Mary the Virgin, Eccles, Lancashire, England, she was 19 years old.Sources 3, 8


Child(ren):

  1. Sarah Knight  1851-????
  2. Hannah Knight  1853-????
  3. Mary Jane Knight  1856-????
  4. Matthew Knight  1858-????
  5. Sophia Knight  1859-1926 
  6. Martha Knight  ± 1863-????
  7. William H Knight  ± 1870-????


(2) She is married to Edward Rothwell.

They got married on May 13, 1876 at Swinton, St Peter, Lancashire, England, she was 45 years old.Source 8

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Mary Brookes

Mary Brookes
1831-1895

(1) 1850

John Knight
1830-1873

Sarah Knight
1851-????
Hannah Knight
1853-????
Mary Jane Knight
1856-????
Matthew Knight
1858-????
Sophia Knight
1859-1926
Martha Knight
± 1863-????
William H Knight
± 1870-????
(2) 1876

Edward Rothwell
± 1827-????


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Sources

  1. 1871 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: RG10; Piece: 3966; Folio: 30; Page: 54; GSU roll: 841956 / Ancestry.com
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  3. England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD / Ancestry.com
  4. 1861 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: RG 9; Piece: 2859; Folio: 5; Page: 4; GSU roll: 543039 / Ancestry.com
  5. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  6. Cheshire, England, Select Bishop's Transcripts, 1576-1933, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  7. 1881 England Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Class: RG11; Piece: 3877; Folio: 44; Page: 4; GSU roll: 1341926 / Ancestry.com
  8. Manchester, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1930, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Christening day September 11, 1831

  • The temperature on September 11, 1831 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: zeer half bewolkt. 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).
  • In the year 1831: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • April 12 » Soldiers marching on the Broughton Suspension Bridge in Manchester, England, cause it to collapse.
    • August 21 » Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, which will claim the lives of 55 to 65 whites and about twice that number of blacks.
    • September 8 » William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    • November 17 » Ecuador and Venezuela are separated from Gran Colombia.
    • December 25 » The Great Jamaican Slave Revolt begins; up to 20% of Jamaica's slaves mobilize in an ultimately unsuccessful fight for freedom.
    • December 27 » Charles Darwin embarks on his journey aboard HMSBeagle, during which he will begin to formulate his theory of evolution.

Day of marriage May 13, 1876

  • The temperature on May 13, 1876 was about 10.4 °C. The air pressure was 19 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 42%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
    • February 26 » Japan and Korea sign a treaty granting Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights, opening three ports to Japanese trade, and ending Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing dynasty China.
    • April 17 » Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
    • June 25 » Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
    • September 7 » In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.
    • November 25 » American Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack the sleeping village of Cheyenne Chief Dull Knife at the headwaters of the Powder River.

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