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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 11 » Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi alla prima crociata receives its first performance in Milan, Italy.
      • June 17 » The Wairau Affray, the first serious clash of arms between Māori and British settlers in the New Zealand Wars, takes place.
      • June 26 » Treaty of Nanking comes into effect, Hong Kong Island is ceded to the British "in perpetuity".
      • 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.
      • 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.
      • March 11 » The Great Sheffield Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield, England.
      • April 17 » American Civil War: The Battle of Plymouth begins: Confederate forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina.
      • May 9 » Second Schleswig War: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.
      • October 15 » American Civil War: The Union garrison of Glasgow, Missouri surrenders to Confederate forces.
      • October 30 » The Treaty of Vienna is signed, by which Denmark relinquishes one province each to Prussia and Austria.
      • December 15 » American Civil War: Battle of Nashville: The Union's Army of the Cumberland routs and destroys the Confederacy's Army of Tennessee, ending its effectiveness as a combat unit.

    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.
      • April 15 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.
      • May 8 » Paramount Pictures is founded.
      • June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
      • September 28 » The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Protestant Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
      • October 11 » First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
      • November 5 » Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.
    

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