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Household of Almira Russell Hancock

She is married to William Sherman Fitch.

They got married on December 20, 1899 at Clarksdale, Coahoma, Mississippi, USA, she was 21 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Almira Russell Hancock

Winfield Scott Hancock
1824-1886
Almira Russell
1832-1893
Nicholas Gwynn
± 1830-± 1890
Elizabeth A. Greathouse
± 1830-> 1880

Almira Russell Hancock
1878-1915

1899

William Sherman Fitch
1875-1927


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    Historical events

    Birthday January 14, 1878

    • The temperature on January 14, 1878 was about 6.6 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 25 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
      • February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
      • March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
      • July 13 » Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire.
      • September 1 » Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
      • September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.

    Day of marriage December 20, 1899

    • The temperature on December 20, 1899 was about -2.0 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • January 1 » Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
      • February 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
      • February 22 » Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.
      • March 4 » Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1mi) inland, killing over 300.
      • May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
      • July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.

    Day of death February 1, 1915

    • The temperature on February 1, 1915 was between -1.5 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
      • January 22 » Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara, Mexico, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon.
      • January 25 » Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
      • July 7 » The First Battle of the Isonzo comes to an end.
      • July 24 » The passenger ship SSEastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
      • September 25 » World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.
      • December 20 » World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.
    

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