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Ancestors (and descendant) of William David Willis

William Calvin Lewis Willis
1818-1877
Nancy Caroline Etchison
± 1820-????
David B Shields
1816-1881
Susannah McKnelly
1823-1865

William David Willis
1869-1926


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    1. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    Birthday June 12, 1869

    • The temperature on June 12, 1869 was about 16.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
    • In the year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • January 27 » Boshin War: Tokugawa rebels establish the Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō.
      • May 4 » The Naval Battle of Hakodate is fought in Japan.
      • May 10 » The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah with the golden spike.
      • August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
      • October 5 » The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
      • October 16 » The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".

    Day of death January 3, 1926

    • The temperature on January 3, 1926 was between 5.7 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1926: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
      • January 26 » The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
      • April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
      • August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
      • September 25 » The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
      • October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime
      • November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.
    

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