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Personal data Alexander Blair Thaw 

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Household of Alexander Blair Thaw

He is married to Florence Dow.

They got married on June 24, 1886 at Boston, Massachusetts, USA, he was 25 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Ruth Douglas Thaw  1890-1891
  2. Margaret C Thaw  1890-1891
  3. Katherine Blair Thaw  1893-1991 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Alexander Blair Thaw

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

Alexander Blair Thaw
1860-1937

1886

Florence Dow
1864-1940

Ruth Douglas Thaw
1890-1891
Margaret C Thaw
1890-1891
Katherine Blair Thaw
1893-1991

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    3. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    Birthday December 13, 1860

    • The temperature on December 13, 1860 was about 3.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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 March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
    • 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).
    • In the year 1860: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
      • March 5 » Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
      • March 24 » Sakuradamon Incident: Assassination of Japanese Chief Minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke.
      • May 5 » Giuseppe Garibaldi sets sail from Genoa, leading the expedition of the Thousand to conquer the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and giving birth to the Kingdom of Italy.
      • May 18 » Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State.
      • August 5 » Charles XV of Sweden of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.
      • December 29 » The launch of HMSWarrior, with her combination of screw propeller, iron hull and iron armour, renders all previous warships obsolete.

    Day of marriage June 24, 1886

    • The temperature on June 24, 1886 was about 15.9 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1886: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • February 23 » Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of aluminium from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall.
      • March 1 » The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
      • March 27 » Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
      • May 4 » Haymarket affair: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
      • May 29 » The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
      • July 3 » Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.

    Day of death October 5, 1937

    • The temperature on October 5, 1937 was between 7.5 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • 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 year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
      • March 18 » The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
      • July 9 » The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation are destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire.
      • August 24 » Spanish Civil War: the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
      • August 28 » Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
      • November 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Army withdraws from the Battle of Shanghai.
      • December 12 » Second Sino-Japanese War: USS Panay incident: Japanese aircraft bomb and sink U.S. gunboat USSPanay on the Yangtze river in China.
    

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    Source: Wikipedia

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