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Personal data William Smith Gill 

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Household of William Smith Gill

He is married to Ruth Littlejohn.

They got married ?unknown.

They got married on June 30, 1898 at Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, he was 33 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Jean Forbes Gill  1901-1987
  3. Ruth Sylvia Gill  1908-1993 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Smith Gill

William Smith Gill
1865-1957


Ruth Littlejohn
1879-1964

Jean Forbes Gill
1901-1987
Elizabeth Penelope Gill
1904-1995
Ruth Sylvia Gill
1908-1993
William David Littlejohn Gill
1915-1999

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Historical events

Birthday February 16, 1865

  • The temperature on February 16, 1865 was about -0.5 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 74 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)
  • 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 1865: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 2 » Uruguayan War: The Siege of Paysandú ends as the Brazilians and Coloradans capture Paysandú, Uruguay.
    • January 31 » American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, abolishing slavery and submits it to the states for ratification.
    • April 14 » U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked at home by Lewis Powell.
    • May 13 » American Civil War: Battle of Palmito Ranch: In far south Texas, the last land battle of the Civil War ends with a Confederate victory.
    • July 30 » The steamboat Brother Jonathan sinks off the coast of Crescent City, California, killing 225 passengers, the deadliest shipwreck on the Pacific Coast of the U.S. at the time.
    • December 1 » Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Day of death December 25, 1957

  • The temperature on December 25, 1957 was between 0.6 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
    • March 8 » The 1957 Georgia Memorial to Congress, which petitions the U.S. Congress to declare the ratification of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution null and void, is adopted by the U.S. state of Georgia.
    • March 9 » The 8.6 Mw  Andreanof Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands, causing over $5 million in damage from ground movement and a destructive tsunami.
    • June 10 » John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the 1957 Canadian federal election, ending 22 years of Liberal Party government.
    • July 1 » The International Geophysical Year begins.
    • July 26 » Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated.
    • September 2 » President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam becomes the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia.


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