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Personal data Hannah Francis Spear 

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Household of Hannah Francis Spear

She is married to John Grant Ridgely.

They got married on April 3, 1888 at Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA, she was 19 years old.


Child(ren):

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

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Hannah Francis Spear

Rose McIntyre
± 1813-1887
John Dehart
1812-1885
Adam Spear
1840-1888

Hannah Francis Spear
1868-1932

1888

John Grant Ridgely
1864-1932

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

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

    Historical events

    Birthday August 18, 1868

    • The temperature on August 18, 1868 was about 28.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%. 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 June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
    • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
    • In the year 1868: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • February 24 » Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.
      • March 5 » Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito, receives its premiere performance at La Scala.
      • April 10 » At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two British/Indian troops die.
      • May 30 » Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "Memorial Day") is observed in the United States for the first time after a proclamation by John A. Logan, head of the Grand Army of the Republic (a veterans group).
      • December 10 » The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.
      • December 24 » The Greek Presidential Guard is established as the royal escort by King George I.

    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 20 » The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
      • April 3 » The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
      • April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
      • May 16 » Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
      • October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
      • October 15 » The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.

    Day of death September 23, 1932

    • The temperature on September 23, 1932 was between 11.0 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 13.3 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). 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 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.
      • March 19 » The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened.
      • May 15 » In an attempted coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is assassinated.
      • September 17 » A speech by Laureano Gómez leads to the escalation of the Leticia Incident.
      • December 7 » German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa.
      • December 10 » Thailand becomes a constitutional monarchy.
      • December 25 » A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills 275 people.
    

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