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Ancestors (and descendant) of George Wesley Harkless

Samuel Harkless
± 1814-> ????
Amelia Louer
± 1812-1880

George Wesley Harkless
1854-1917


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    1. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
      http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=44120712&pid=16312
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    2. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    3. Web: Lawrence County, Pennsylvania Obituary Index, 1850-2010, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    4. 1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1870; Census Place: Licking, Clarion, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1326; Page: 478A; Image: 277; Family History Library Film: 552825 / Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    Birthday September 29, 1854

    • The temperature on September 29, 1854 was about 12.6 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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).
    • From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
    • In the year 1854: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
      • February 7 » A law is approved to found the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Lectures started October 16, 1855.
      • March 24 » President José Gregorio Monagas abolishes slavery in Venezuela.
      • March 31 » Commodore Matthew Perry signs the Convention of Kanagawa with the Tokugawa Shogunate, opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade.
      • July 6 » In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the United States Republican Party is held.
      • September 20 » Crimean War: British and French troops defeat Russians at the Battle of Alma.
      • October 6 » In England the Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead leads to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.

    Day of death December 21, 1917

    • The temperature on December 21, 1917 was between -7.5 °C and 0.5 °C and averaged -3.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
      • February 5 » The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
      • March 8 » International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23rd in the Julian calendar).
      • June 7 » World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.
      • June 28 » World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers.
      • October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
      • November 25 » World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.
    

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