Olson's Tree » Frederick Henry WOLCOTT (1808-1883)
Personal data Frederick Henry WOLCOTT
Source 1- He was born on August 19, 1808 in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA.
- Alternative: He was born on August 19, 1808 in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Colony of Connecticut, Verenigde Staten.
- He died on April 11, 1883 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, Verenigde Staten, he was 74 years old.
- Alternative: He died on April 11, 1883 in Astoria, Queens County, New York, Verenigde Staten, he was 74 years old.
- A child of Frederick Wolcott and Elizabeth Betsey Huntington
Household of Frederick Henry WOLCOTT
(1) He is married to Sarah Elizabeth MERCHANT.
They got married about January 18, 1855 at Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA.
(2) He is married to Abby Woolsey HOWLAND.
They got married about June 12, 1838 at New York City, New York, USA.
Child(ren):
- Frederick Henry WOLCOTT 1845-1885
- Alice WOLCOTT ± 1846-1927
- Oliver Huntington WOLCOTT ± 1850-± 1851
- Abby Howland WOLCOTT 1851-1852
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Historical events
Birthday August 19, 1808
- The temperature on August 19, 1808 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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).
- In the year 1808: Source: Wikipedia
- January 12 » The organizational meeting leading to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.
- May 2 » Outbreak of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation. Francisco de Goya later memorializes this event in his painting The Second of May 1808.
- June 15 » Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain.
- September 13 » Finnish War: In the Battle of Jutas, Swedish forces under Lieutenant General Georg Carl von Döbeln beat the Russians, making von Döbeln a Swedish war hero.
- November 23 » French and Poles defeat the Spanish at Battle of Tudela.
- December 22 » Ludwig van Beethoven conducts and performs in concert at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna, with the premiere of his Fifth Symphony, Sixth Symphony, Fourth Piano Concerto (performed by Beethoven himself) and Choral Fantasy (with Beethoven at the piano).
Day of death April 11, 1883
- The temperature on April 11, 1883 was about 8.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
- 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 year 1883: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- January 19 » The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
- May 20 » Krakatoa begins to erupt; the volcano explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people.
- May 30 » In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
- August 12 » The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- October 20 » Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.
- December 21 » The Royal Canadian Dragoons and The Royal Canadian Regiment, the first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the Canadian Army, are formed.
Same birth/death day
- 1777 » Francis I, king of the Two Sicilies († 1830)
- 1815 » Harriette Newell Woods Baker, American editor and children's book writer († 1893)
- 1819 » Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt, Luxembourger-Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 1894)
- 1830 » Julius Lothar Meyer, German chemist († 1895)
- 1835 » Tom Wills, Australian cricketer and pioneer of Australian rules football († 1880)
- 1843 » C. I. Scofield, American minister and theologian († 1921)
- 1873 » Edward Canby, American general (b. 1817)
- 1890 » David de Jahacob Lopez Cardozo, Dutch Talmudist (b. 1808)
- 1890 » Joseph Merrick, English man with severe deformities (b. 1862)
- 1894 » Constantin Lipsius, German architect and theorist (b. 1832)
- 1895 » Julius Lothar Meyer, German chemist (b. 1830)
- 1902 » Wade Hampton III, American general and politician, 77th Governor of South Carolina (b. 1818)
About the surname WOLCOTT
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Charles Olson, "Olson's Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/olsons-tree/P9966.php : accessed January 3, 2026), "Frederick Henry WOLCOTT (1808-1883)".