Kennedy Family Tree » Jane Grant Slesser (1845-1927)

Personal data Jane Grant Slesser 

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  • She was born on May 21, 1845 in Udny, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
  • She died on June 25, 1927 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, she was 82 years old.

Household of Jane Grant Slesser

She is married to James Simpson.

They got married on November 29, 1862 at Banchory Devenick, Kincardine, Fife, Scotland, she was 17 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Esther Moncur Simpson  1873-1948 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jane Grant Slesser

Jane Grant Slesser
1845-1927

1862

James Simpson
1842-1918

Esther Moncur Simpson
1873-1948

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Historical events

Birthday May 21, 1845

  • The temperature on May 21, 1845 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt regen . 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 1845: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • March 3 » Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
    • March 25 » New Zealand Legislative Council pass the first Militia Act constituting the New Zealand Army.
    • May 30 » The Fatel Razack coming from India, lands in the Gulf of Paria in Trinidad and Tobago carrying the first Indians to the country.
    • July 4 » Henry David Thoreau moves into a small cabin on Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. Thoreau's account of his two years there, Walden, will become a touchstone of the environmental movement.
    • September 9 » Possible start of the Great Potato Famine.
    • October 10 » In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 students.

Day of marriage November 29, 1862

  • The temperature on November 29, 1862 was about 1.0 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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 March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • 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 1862: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • April 25 » American Civil War: Forces under U.S. Admiral David Farragut demand the surrender of the Confederate city of New Orleans, Louisiana.
    • May 13 » The USSPlanter, a steamer and gunship, steals through Confederate lines and is passed to the Union, by a southern slave, Robert Smalls, who later was officially appointed as captain, becoming the first black man to command a United States ship.
    • May 20 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law, opening 84million acres of public land to settlers.
    • May 31 » American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: Confederate forces under Joseph E. Johnston and G.W. Smith engage Union forces under George B. McClellan outside Richmond, Virginia.
    • July 23 » American Civil War: Henry Halleck takes command of the Union Army.
    • December 12 » American Civil War: USSCairo sinks on the Yazoo River.

Day of death June 25, 1927

  • The temperature on June 25, 1927 was between 8.3 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
    • March 29 » Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.
    • April 19 » Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex.
    • May 4 » The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is incorporated.
    • July 23 » The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay.
    • September 18 » The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
    • September 22 » Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.


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Source: Wikipedia

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