My Giant Family Tree » John Alexander Robertson (1861-1939)
Personal data John Alexander Robertson
Source 1- He was born on December 20, 1861 in Monroe, Indiana, United States.
- He died on May 13, 1939 in Ellettsville, Monroe, Indiana, he was 77 years old.
- A child of William Andrew Robertson and Nancy Jane Swisher
Household of John Alexander Robertson
He is married to Sarepta Robertson.
They got married in the year 1887, he was 25 years old.
Child(ren):
- Samuel Robertson 1887-????
- David Robertson 1889-????
- Charley Robertson 1891-????
- Nora Robertson 1893-????
- Gracie Robertson 1895-????
- Mamie Robertson 1898-????
Timeline John Alexander Robertson
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Historical events
Birthday December 20, 1861
- The temperature on December 20, 1861 was about 1.0 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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 February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
- From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
- In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- January 10 » American Civil War: Florida becomes the third state to secede from the Union.
- January 21 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
- March 17 » The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed.
- May 13 » American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the Confederacy as having belligerent rights.
- May 20 » American Civil War: The state of Kentucky proclaims its neutrality, which will last until September 3 when Confederate forces enter the state. Meanwhile, the State of North Carolina secedes from the Union.
- November 21 » American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin Secretary of War.
Day of death May 13, 1939
- The temperature on May 13, 1939 was between 7.0 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
- In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
- July 4 » Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, informs a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth", then announces his retirement from major league baseball.
- August 23 » World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty, the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret addition to the pact, the Baltic states, Finland, Romania, and Poland are divided between the two nations.
- August 25 » The United Kingdom and Poland form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in case of invasion by a foreign power.
- September 1 » General George C. Marshall becomes Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
- September 28 » World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland.
- December 27 » The 7.8 Mw Erzincan earthquake shakes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 32,700 people were killed.
Same birth/death day
- 1861 » Ferdinand Bonn, German actor († 1933)
- 1861 » Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter († 1926)
- 1865 » Elsie de Wolfe, American actress and interior decorator († 1950)
- 1868 » Harvey Samuel Firestone, American businessman, founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company († 1938)
- 1869 » Charley Grapewin, American actor († 1956)
- 1871 » Henry Kimball Hadley, American composer and conductor († 1937)
- 1938 » Charles Édouard Guillaume, Swiss-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
- 1941 » Ōnishiki Uichirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 26th Yokozuna (b. 1891)
- 1941 » Frederick Christian, English cricketer (b. 1877)
- 1945 » Tubby Hall, American drummer (b. 1895)
- 1946 » Zara DuPont, American suffragist (b. 1869)
- 1947 » Sukanta Bhattacharya, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1926)
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The My Giant Family Tree publication was prepared by Jennifer Swisher.
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Jennifer Swisher, "My Giant Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/my-giant-family-tree/P1442.php : accessed May 15, 2024), "John Alexander Robertson (1861-1939)".
Jennifer Swisher, "My Giant Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/my-giant-family-tree/P1442.php : accessed May 15, 2024), "John Alexander Robertson (1861-1939)".