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Personal data Walter Jones Sorrells 

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Household of Walter Jones Sorrells

He is married to Corrason Virginia Bassett.

They got married on March 12, 1884 at Morris County, Texas, Verenigde Staten, he was 38 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. Oliver Leo Sorrells  1885-1955

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Walter Jones Sorrells

Walter Jones Sorrells
1846-1906

1884

Corrason Virginia Bassett
1851-1939

Oliver Leo Sorrells
1885-1955
Agusta Octo Sorrells
1889-1985
Ollie Evelyn Sorrells
1892-1963

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Sources

  1. Texas, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1817-1965, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Birthday February 26, 1846

  • The temperature on February 26, 1846 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken dampig. 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 1846: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • January 28 » The Battle of Aliwal, India, is won by British troops commanded by Sir Harry Smith.
    • May 8 » Mexican–American War: American forces led by Zachary Taylor defeat a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande in the first major battle of the war.
    • September 12 » Elizabeth Barrett elopes with Robert Browning.
    • September 14 » Jang Bahadur and his brothers massacre about 40 members of the Nepalese palace court.
    • September 19 » Two French shepherd children, Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud, experience a Marian apparition on a mountaintop near La Salette, France, now known as Our Lady of La Salette.
    • December 24 » British acquired Labuan from the Sultanate of Brunei for Great Britain.

Day of marriage March 12, 1884

  • The temperature on March 12, 1884 was about 4.8 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
    • March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
    • March 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
    • August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
    • October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
    • December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

Day of death November 16, 1906

  • The temperature on November 16, 1906 was between 4.3 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 10.2 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
    • June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
    • September 7 » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
    • September 30 » The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in La Coruña, Spain.
    • October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.
    • December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.


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