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Personal data William Henry WALTERS 

Sources 1, 2

Household of William Henry WALTERS

He is married to Sarah Ann EAST.

They got married on October 14, 1887 at Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia, he was 28 years old.Source 2


Child(ren):

  1. Alice Mildred WALTERS  1888-1941 
  3. Melvie Eliza WALTERS  1892-1973 
  6. Robert WALTERS  1896-1905


Notes about William Henry WALTERS

Mr. W. H. Walters
Mr. William Henry Walters, who
died at the Launceston General
Hospital recently, was one of the
oldest residents of Mole Creek. He
was 90 years of age. A son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Wal-
ters, he was born at Chudleigh
where he received his early life.
He married Miss Sarah Ann
East, who died five years ago.
After his marriage he lived in the
Flowerdale and Ridgley district,
settling at Mole Creek 20 years
ago. He had a family of six daugh-
ters and five sons-Alice (Mrs.
Harris, dec.), Lizzie (Mrs. Blair,
Mole Creek), Myra (Mrs. Jubb,
Devonport), Florrie (Mrs. Bram-
ich, Trowutta), Robert (dec.)
Mark (Ridgley), Arthur (Riana),
Dora (Mrs. Hewitt, Mole Creek),
and Alf, (Mole Creek).
The funeral took place at the
Mole Creek cemetery. The ser-
vice was conducted by Mr. Chris.
Williams and Mr. C. Ratcliff. A
large number of friends and rela-
tives attended.
Chief mourners were the sons
and daughters. Pallbearers were
Messrs. A. Walters, Colin How, W.
Harris and F. Norton Smith, and
the carriers Messrs. Carl Blair,
Noel Blair, J. and N. Norton-
Smith, Clem Burtt, and Mervyn
Richardson.
Messrs. Arthur (Flowerdale),
George (Montumana) and Am
brose Walters (Burnie) are broth-
ers

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Sources

  1. Tasmanian Federation Index
  2. "Ancestry.com records," database, Ancestry BMDs, ).

Historical events

Birthday July 23, 1859

  • The temperature on July 23, 1859 was about 17.6 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
  • In the year 1859: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • February 14 » Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state.
    • March 3 » The two-day Great Slave Auction, the largest such auction in United States history, concludes.
    • April 4 » Bryant's Minstrels debut "Dixie" in New York City in the finale of a blackface minstrel show.
    • June 18 » First ascent of Aletschhorn, second summit of the Bernese Alps.
    • August 28 » The Carrington event is the strongest geomagnetic storm on record to strike the Earth. Electrical telegraph service is widely disrupted.
    • September 17 » Joshua A. Norton declares himself "Norton I, Emperor of the United States."

Day of marriage October 14, 1887

  • The temperature on October 14, 1887 was about 4.6 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 47 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
    • April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
    • April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
    • May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
    • June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
    • July 6 » David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.

Day of death September 26, 1947

  • The temperature on September 26, 1947 was between 10.9 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
    • January 6 » Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.
    • February 10 » The Paris Peace Treaties are signed by Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland and the Allies of World War II.
    • July 11 » The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France.
    • July 26 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.
    • August 17 » The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.
    • October 14 » Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound.


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