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Personal data James W Highsmith 

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Household of James W Highsmith

He had a relationship with Elizabeth Highsmith.


Child(ren):

  1. Macy A Highsmith  1872-1949

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Ancestors (and descendant) of James W Highsmith

Jacob Highsmith
1758-1829

James W Highsmith
1845-1906


Elizabeth Highsmith
1852-1915

Macy A Highsmith
1872-1949
Corlus Martin Highsmith
1877-1942

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    Historical events

    Birthday November 25, 1845

    • The temperature on November 25, 1845 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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.
      • January 29 » "The Raven" is published in The Evening Mirror in New York, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe.
      • March 13 » Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto receives its première performance in Leipzig with Ferdinand David as soloist.
      • May 19 » Captain Sir John Franklin and his ill-fated Arctic expedition depart from Greenhithe, England.
      • September 23 » The Knickerbockers Baseball Club, the first baseball team to play under the modern rules, is founded in New York.
      • November 20 » Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata: Battle of Vuelta de Obligado.
      • December 2 » Manifest destiny: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President James K. Polk proposes that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.

    Day of death December 6, 1906

    • The temperature on December 6, 1906 was between 0.1 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
      • April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
      • August 5 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
      • September 30 » The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in La Coruña, Spain.
      • December 4 » Alpha Phi Alpha the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
      • December 10 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.
      • December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.
    

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    About the surname Highsmith


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