McNiven - Oliver Family tree » William Wright (1871-1896)
Personal data William Wright
Source 1Source 2- He was born June 1871 in New River, Charlotte Co.,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland.Source 2
- Resident in the year 1891: Lepreau, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada.Source 2
- He died on May 19, 1896 in Big Sherwood Lake, Char. Co., NB (Drowned), he was 24 years old.
- A child of John A Wright and Catherine Elizabeth Paul
Household of William Wright
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Sources
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=58946249&pid=4266
/ Ancestry.com - 1891 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, Year: 1891; Census Place: Lepreau, Charlotte, New Brunswick; Roll: T-6298; Family No: 33 / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Day of death May 19, 1896
- The temperature on May 19, 1896 was about 14.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- February 21 » An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
- March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
- May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
- June 28 » An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners.
- August 16 » Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
- November 17 » The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
Same birth/death day
- 1895 » José Martí, Cuban journalist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1853)
- 1898 » William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1809)
- 1901 » Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, South African general and politician, 1st President of the South African Republic (b. 1819)
- 1903 » Arthur Shrewsbury, English cricketer (b. 1856)
- 1904 » Auguste Molinier, French librarian and historian (b. 1851)
- 1904 » Jamsetji Tata, Indian businessman, founded Tata Group (b. 1839)
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Andrea Oliver, "McNiven - Oliver Family tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/mcniven-oliver-family-tree/P4266.php : accessed May 14, 2025), "William Wright (1871-1896)".