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Personal data William Rook 

  • He was born on July 6, 1831 in Eng.
  • He died on May 31, 1905 in Toledo, Lucas Co., OH, he was 73 years old.
  • This information was last updated on May 14, 2013.

Household of William Rook

He is married to Catherine Sullivan.

They got married about 1860 at fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten.


Child(ren):

  1. George W. Rook  1863-1915


Notes about William Rook

William Rook

Source: Hanna, Jackie, "The Alwood Family Tree -- William Allwood (Alwood) descendants," (Portage, MI, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=alwoodtree&id=I4804, vi Sept MMX)

"... William ROOK Sex: M Birth: 6 JUL 1831 in England

Note: 1900 census has date as Jul 1832

Census: 1880 Toledo, Lucas Co, Ohio Note: occ: blacksmith Census: 1900 Toledo, Lucas Co, Ohio Note: occ: blacksmith

Death: 31 MAY 1905 in Toledo, Lucas Co, Ohio Change Date: 7 SEP 2010

Marriage 1 Catherine SULLIVAN b: 25 OCT 1838 in Pottsville, Schuykill Co, Pennsylvania Married: ABT 1860

Children

1. George W. ROOK b: 25 FEB 1863 in Toledo, Lucas Co, Ohio" <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Rook

William Rook
1831-1905

± 1860

Catherine Sullivan
1838-1927

George W. Rook
1863-1915

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Birthday July 6, 1831

  • The temperature on July 6, 1831 was about 24.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. 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 1831: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • July 21 » Inauguration of Leopold I of Belgium, first king of the Belgians.
    • August 8 » Four hundred Shawnee people agree to relinquish their lands in Ohio in exchange for land west of the Mississippi River in the Treaty of Wapakoneta.
    • September 1 » The high honor of Order of St. Gregory the Great is established by Pope Gregory XVI of the Vatican State to recognize high support for the Vatican or for the Pope, by a man or a woman, and not necessarily a Roman Catholic.
    • September 8 » William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    • October 30 » Nat Turner is arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history.
    • December 25 » The Great Jamaican Slave Revolt begins; up to 20% of Jamaica's slaves mobilize in an ultimately unsuccessful fight for freedom.

Day of death May 31, 1905

  • The temperature on May 31, 1905 was between 12.1 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • 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 1905: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • February 5 » In Mexico, the General Hospital of Mexico is inaugurated, started with four basic specialties.
    • May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
    • October 5 » The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
    • November 25 » Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.
    • November 28 » Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.
    • December 9 » In France, the law separating church and state is passed.


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