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Personal data John Grant Ridgely 

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Household of John Grant Ridgely

He is married to Hannah Francis Spear.

They got married on April 3, 1888 at Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA, he was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Ralph William Ridgley  1889-1980 
  3. Ethel M Ridgley  1892-1975

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Grant Ridgely

William Ridgely
1790-1846
Jane Edie
1791-????

John Grant Ridgely
1864-1932

1888

Hannah Francis Spear
1868-1932

Ralph William Ridgley
1889-1980
Herbert Franklin Ridgley
1890-1965
Ethel M Ridgley
1892-1975
Bernice Estella Ridgley
1911-1995

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    Sources

    1. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
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    3. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    Birthday January 10, 1864

    • The temperature on January 10, 1864 was about -0.1 °C. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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.
      • May 21 » The Ionian Islands reunite with Greece.
      • June 29 » At least 99 people, mostly German and Polish immigrants, are killed in Canada's worst railway disaster after a train fails to stop for an open drawbridge and plunges into the Rivière Richelieu near St-Hilaire, Quebec.
      • August 23 » American Civil War: The Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, Alabama, thus breaking Confederate dominance of all ports on the Gulf of Mexico except Galveston, Texas.
      • October 7 » American Civil War: A US Navy ship captures a Confederate raider in a Brazilian seaport.
      • 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 marriage April 3, 1888

    • The temperature on April 3, 1888 was about 4.1 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. 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 Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • March 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
      • June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
      • June 15 » Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
      • August 31 » Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
      • October 21 » Foundation of the Swiss Social Democratic Party.
      • October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.

    Day of death January 11, 1932

    • The temperature on January 11, 1932 was between 5.9 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
      • January 1 » The United States Post Office Department issues a set of 12 stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth.
      • January 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins the defense of Harbin.
      • May 15 » In an attempted coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is assassinated.
      • June 17 » Bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.
      • August 24 » Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).
      • September 17 » A speech by Laureano Gómez leads to the escalation of the Leticia Incident.

    Day of burial January 13, 1932

    • The temperature on January 13, 1932 was between 5.2 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
      • April 5 » Dominion of Newfoundland: Ten thousand rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government.
      • May 15 » In an attempted coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is assassinated.
      • July 29 » Great Depression: In Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans.
      • July 30 » Premiere of Walt Disney's Flowers and Trees, the first cartoon short to use Technicolor and the first Academy Award winning cartoon short.
      • October 15 » Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight.
      • December 7 » German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa.
    

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