Olson's Tree » George Harrison Byrd (1827-1910)
Personal data George Harrison Byrd
Source 1Source 2- He was born on May 8, 1827 in Brandon, Prince George, Virginia, United States.Source 2
- He died on June 10, 1910 in Manhattan, New York, New York, USA, he was 83 years old.Source 2
- He is buried in Millwood, Clarke County, Virginia, United States of America.Source 2
- A child of Richard Evelyn Byrd and Anne Harrison
Household of George Harrison Byrd
He is married to Lucy Wickham.
They got married in the year 1857, he was 29 years old.
Child(ren):
- Anne Harrison Byrd 1860-1924
- Anne Byrd ± 1860-1924
- Alfred Henry Byrd 1866-1897
- Lucy C Byrd 1873-1963
- William Byrd 1876-1952
- Francis Otway Byrd 1878-1956
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Sources
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=165876371&pid=10157
/ Ancestry.com - U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday May 8, 1827
- The temperature on May 8, 1827 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: omtrent betrokken. 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 1827: Source: Wikipedia
- February 28 » The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.
- March 7 » Brazilian marines unsuccessfully attack the temporary naval base of Carmen de Patagones, Argentina.
- April 7 » John Walker, an English chemist, sells the first friction match that he had invented the previous year.
- July 4 » Slavery is abolished in the State of New York.
- October 17 » Bellini's third opera, Il pirata, is premiered at Milan.
- October 20 » In the Battle of Navarino, a combined Turkish and Egyptian fleet is defeated by British, French and Russian naval forces in the last significant battle fought with wooden sailing ships.
Day of death June 10, 1910
- The temperature on June 10, 1910 was between 15.5 °C and 27.2 °C and averaged 21.2 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
- January 13 » The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the operas Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci are sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
- January 15 » Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 325ft (99m).
- April 29 » The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.
- June 17 » Aurel Vlaicu pilots an A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight.
- October 1 » A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.
- December 21 » An underground explosion at the Hulton Bank Colliery No. 3 Pit in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, England, kills 344 miners.
Same birth/death day
- 1821 » William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist († 1885)
- 1824 » William Walker, American physician, lawyer, journalist and mercenary († 1860)
- 1825 » George Bruce Malleson, English-Indian colonel and author († 1898)
- 1828 » Charbel Makhluf, Lebanese monk and saint († 1898)
- 1828 » Henry Dunant, Swiss businessman and activist, co-founded the Red Cross, Nobel Prize laureate († 1910)
- 1829 » Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American pianist and composer († 1869)
- 1901 » Robert Williams Buchanan, Scottish poet, author, and playwright (b. 1841)
- 1902 » Jacint Verdaguer, Catalan priest and poet (b. 1845)
- 1906 » Richard Seddon, English-New Zealand politician, 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1845)
- 1909 » Edward Everett Hale, American minister, historian, and author (b. 1822)
- 1914 » Ödön Lechner, Hungarian architect (b. 1845)
- 1918 » Arrigo Boito, Italian author, poet, and composer (b. 1842)
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