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Personal data Elizabeth "Eliza" Thaw 

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Household of Elizabeth "Eliza" Thaw

She is married to George Breed Edwards.

They got married on October 20, 1864 at Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA, USA, she was 20 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Richard Edwards  1865-1887
  6. Eliza Thaw Edwards  1878-1938
  7. Mary L Edwards  1881-1945

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Elizabeth "Eliza" Thaw

John Thaw
1779-1866
Elizabeth Thomas
1786-1865
William Thaw
1818-1889

Elizabeth "Eliza" Thaw
1843-1912

1864

George Breed Edwards
1842-1887

Richard Edwards
1865-1887
William Thaw Edwards
1867-1904
Burd Blair Edwards (Dickson)
1869-1944
Katherine May Edwards
1873-1957
George Blair Edwards
1875-1876
Eliza Thaw Edwards
1878-1938
Mary L Edwards
1881-1945
Margaret Alice Edwards
1887-1888

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    Historical events

    Birthday December 10, 1843

    • The temperature on December 10, 1843 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: betrokken dampig. 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 1843: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
      • February 25 » Lord George Paulet occupies the Kingdom of Hawaii in the name of Great Britain in the Paulet Affair (1843).
      • June 17 » The Wairau Affray, the first serious clash of arms between Māori and British settlers in the New Zealand Wars, takes place.
      • August 15 » The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu, Hawaii is dedicated. Now the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, it is the oldest Roman Catholic cathedral in continuous use in the United States.
      • September 21 » John Williams Wilson takes possession of the Strait of Magellan on behalf of the Chilean government.
      • October 30 » Fuerte Bulnes, the first Chilean settlement in the strait of Magellan, is founded.
      • December 16 » The discovery of octonions by John T. Graves, who denoted them with a boldface O, was announced to his mathematician friend William Hamilton, discoverer of quaternions, in a letter on this date.

    Day of marriage October 20, 1864

    • The temperature on October 20, 1864 was about 14.2 °C. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 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)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1864: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • May 7 » American Civil War: The Army of the Potomac, under General Ulysses S. Grant, breaks off from the Battle of the Wilderness and moves southwards.
      • June 15 » Arlington National Cemetery is established when 200 acres (0.81km) of the Arlington estate (formerly owned by Confederate General Robert E. Lee) are officially set aside as a military cemetery by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
      • August 18 » American Civil War: Battle of Globe Tavern: Union forces try to cut a vital Confederate supply-line into Petersburg, Virginia, by attacking the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
      • September 18 » American Civil War: John Bell Hood begins the Franklin–Nashville Campaign in an unsuccessful attempt to draw William Tecumseh Sherman back out of Georgia.
      • September 29 » The Treaty of Lisbon defines the boundaries between Spain and Portugal and abolishes the Couto Misto microstate.
      • December 16 » American Civil War: Battle of Nashville: Major General George Thomas's Union forces defeat Lieutenant General John Bell Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee.

    Day of death May 14, 1912

    • The temperature on May 14, 1912 was between -0.1 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 1912: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
      • January 4 » The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.
      • April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
      • October 3 » U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill.
      • October 17 » Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
      • October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
      • December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.
    

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