Kennedy Family Tree » John Gray (1863-1930)
Personal data John Gray
Source 1Source 2- He was born on June 24, 1863 in New Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.Source 2
- He died on March 9, 1930 in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, he was 66 years old.
- A child of George Gray and Amelia Cruden
Household of John Gray
He is married to Amelia Taylor.
They got married on June 21, 1884 at Nethermuir, New Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, he was 20 years old.
Child(ren):
- Mary Gray 1885-1964
- John Gray 1886-1958
- Amelia Gray 1890-1935
- William Gray 1896-1917
- Helen Gray 1901-1975
Timeline John Gray
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Birthday June 24, 1863
- The temperature on June 24, 1863 was about 28.9 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 48%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign.
- July 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Gettysburg begins.
- July 7 » The United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.
- August 21 » Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by pro-Confederate guerrillas known as Quantrill's Raiders.
- September 7 » American Civil War: Union troops under Quincy A. Gillmore captures Fort Wagner in Morris Island after a 7-week siege.
- September 19 » American Civil War: The first day of the Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, the bloodiest two-day battle of the conflict, and the only significant Confederate victory in the war's Western Theater.
Day of marriage June 21, 1884
- The temperature on June 21, 1884 was about 11.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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.
- February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
- March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
- 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 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.
- December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.
Day of death March 9, 1930
- The temperature on March 9, 1930 was between 2.3 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1930: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
- February 18 » Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in a fixed-wing aircraft and also the first cow to be milked in an aircraft.
- March 31 » The Motion Picture Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film, in the U.S., for the next thirty-eight years.
- May 27 » The 1,046 feet (319m) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public.
- June 1 » The Deccan Queen is introduced as first intercity train between Bombay VT (Now Mumbai CST) and Poona (Pune) to run on electric locomotives.
- July 7 » Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).
- September 27 » Bobby Jones wins the (pre-Masters) Grand Slam of golf.
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- 1858 » Hastings Rashdall, English historian, philosopher, and theologian († 1924)
- 1865 » Robert Henri, American painter and educator († 1929)
- 1867 » Ruth Randall Edström, American educator and activist († 1944)
- 1869 » Prince George of Greece and Denmark († 1957)
- 1918 » Frank Wedekind, German author and playwright (b. 1864)
- 1925 » Willard Metcalf, American painter and academic (b. 1858)
- 1926 » Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki (b. 1865)
- 1937 » Paul Elmer More, American journalist and critic (b. 1864)
- 1943 » Otto Freundlich, German painter and sculptor (b. 1878)
- 1954 » Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer and academic (b. 1874)
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Brian Kennedy, "Kennedy Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/kennedy-family-tree/P22743.php : accessed May 4, 2025), "John Gray (1863-1930)".