Kennedy Family Tree » James Kidston (1851-1934)
Personal data James Kidston
Sources 1, 2- He was born on October 28, 1851 in Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland.Source 2
- He died on July 28, 1934 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, he was 82 years old.Source 1
- A child of Richard Kidston and Janet McGregor Reid
Household of James Kidston
(1) He is married to Elizabeth Russell Hardie Grainger.
They got married on February 28, 1879 at Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, he was 27 years old.
They got married on 28 February1879 at Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland.Child(ren):
(2) He is married to Margaret Morton.
They got married on January 1, 1884 at Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, he was 32 years old.
Child(ren):
- William Kidston 1879-1919
- Jessie Kidston ± 1880-????
- Peter Morton Kidston 1886-1888
- Agnes Morton Kidston 1890-1948
- Whilhelmina Kidston 1892-1975
- Maud Jackson Kidston 1894-1988
- Robert Kidston 1902-1906
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Historical events
Birthday October 28, 1851
- The temperature on October 28, 1851 was about 12.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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 November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1851: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
- January 28 » Northwestern University becomes the first chartered university in Illinois.
- August 22 » The first America's Cup is won by the yacht America.
- September 18 » First publication of The New-York Daily Times, which later becomes The New York Times.
- December 2 » French President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic.
- December 8 » Conservative Santiago-based government troops defeat rebels at the Battle of Loncomilla, signaling the end of the 1851 Chilean Revolution.
- December 22 » India's first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India.
Day of marriage January 1, 1884
- The temperature on January 1, 1884 was about -2.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 1884: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
- June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
- August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
- October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
- October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
- October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
Day of death July 28, 1934
- The temperature on July 28, 1934 was between 14.2 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
- February 9 » The Balkan Entente is formed.
- February 23 » Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.
- May 23 » Infamous American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
- May 23 » The Auto-Lite strike culminates in the "Battle of Toledo", a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers.
- June 30 » The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place.
- December 11 » Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the final time.
Same birth/death day
- 1839 » Edward P. Allen, American captain, lawyer, and politician († 1909)
- 1845 » Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist († 1888)
- 1846 » Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author († 1935)
- 1854 » Jean-Marie Guyau, French philosopher and poet († 1888)
- 1860 » Kanō Jigorō, Japanese martial artist († 1938)
- 1864 » Adolfo Camarillo, Mexican-American rancher and philanthropist († 1958)
- 1930 » Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist and optician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
- 1930 » John DeWitt, American hammer thrower (b. 1881)
- 1933 » Nishinoumi Kajirō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, 30th yokozuna (b. 1890)
- 1934 » Louis Tancred, South African cricketer and pilot (b. 1876)
- 1934 » Marie Dressler, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1868)
- 1935 » Meletius IV of Constantinople (b. 1871)
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Brian Kennedy, "Kennedy Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/kennedy-family-tree/P1780.php : accessed May 15, 2024), "James Kidston (1851-1934)".