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Personal data William Alexander Gaston 

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Household of William Alexander Gaston

He is married to May Davidson Lockwood.

They got married on April 9, 1892 at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA, he was 32 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. William Gaston  1896-1970 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Alexander Gaston

William Alexander Gaston
1859-1927

1892

May Davidson Lockwood
1867-1939

William Gaston
1896-1970

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Historical events

Birthday May 1, 1859

  • The temperature on May 1, 1859 was about 11.0 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%. 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).
  • 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).
  • In the year 1859: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • June 4 » Italian Independence wars: In the Battle of Magenta, the French army, under Louis-Napoleon, defeat the Austrian army.
    • June 30 » French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
    • August 3 » The American Dental Association is founded in Niagara Falls, New York.
    • August 16 » The Grand Duchy of Tuscany formally deposes the exiled House of Lorraine.
    • October 22 » Spain declares war on Morocco.
    • October 26 » The Royal Charter Storm kills at least eight hundred people in the British Isles.

Day of marriage April 9, 1892

  • The temperature on April 9, 1892 was about 8.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • May 28 » In San Francisco, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.
    • July 7 » The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution.
    • July 8 » St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
    • July 26 » Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
    • October 26 » Ida B. Wells publishes Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases.
    • November 8 » The New Orleans general strike begins, uniting black and white American trade unionists in a successful four-day general strike action for the first time.

Day of death July 17, 1927

  • The temperature on July 17, 1927 was between 9.9 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
    • May 4 » The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is incorporated.
    • August 7 » The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
    • October 4 » Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
    • November 12 » Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union.
    • December 8 » The Brookings Institution, one of the United States' oldest think tanks, is founded through the merger of three organizations that had been created by philanthropist Robert S. Brookings.
    • December 27 » Kern and Hammerstein's musical play Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.


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