Merricks Tree » James Jones VanKeuren (1829-1915)
Personal data James Jones VanKeuren
- He was born on January 17, 1829 in Grantham Twp, Lincoln Co., Ontario.
- He died on August 28, 1915 in Dunnville, Haldimand, Ontario, Canada, he was 86 years old.
Died at the home of his son Melvin
- A child of Paul van Keuren and Charity Jones
Household of James Jones VanKeuren
He has/had a relationship with Mary Closen Secord.
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Birthday January 17, 1829
- The temperature on January 17, 1829 was about -8 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: betrokken mist. 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).
- In the year 1829: Source: Wikipedia
- January 19 » Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy receives its premiere performance.
- April 7 » Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, commences translation of the Book of Mormon, with Oliver Cowdery as his scribe.
- April 25 » Charles Fremantle arrives in HMS Challenger off the coast of modern-day Western Australia prior to declaring the Swan River Colony for the United Kingdom.
- May 2 » After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of HMSChallenger, declares the Swan River Colony in Australia.
- June 10 » The first Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on the Thames in London.
- December 4 » In the face of fierce local opposition, British Governor-General Lord William Bentinck issues a regulation declaring that anyone who abets suttee in Bengal is guilty of culpable homicide.
Day of death August 28, 1915
- The temperature on August 28, 1915 was between 9.0 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
- January 19 » German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
- January 24 » World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
- January 25 » Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
- January 31 » World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia.
- July 1 » Leutnant Kurt Wintgens of the then-named German Deutsches Heer's Fliegertruppe army air service achieves the first known aerial victory with a synchronized machine-gun armed fighter plane, the Fokker M.5K/MG Eindecker.
- July 28 » The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti.
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Chris Merricks, "Merricks Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/merricks-tree/I242290079602.php : accessed May 3, 2025), "James Jones VanKeuren (1829-1915)".
Chris Merricks, "Merricks Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/merricks-tree/I242290079602.php : accessed May 3, 2025), "James Jones VanKeuren (1829-1915)".