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Personal data William Holmes 

Sources 1, 2, 3

Household of William Holmes

He is married to Kate Sparrow Cousins.

They got married on May 23, 1880 at St Mary, Battersea, England.Sources 3, 5

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Sources

  1. 1881 England Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Class: RG11; Piece: 1342; Folio: 23; Page: 39; GSU roll: 1341326 / Ancestry.co.uk
  2. London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980, Ancestry.com, Call Number: P70/MRY2/076 / Ancestry.co.uk
  3. London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921, Ancestry.com, London Metropolitan Archives, SAINT MARY, BATTERSEA, Register of banns of marriage, 1879 Jun-1883 Jun, P70/MRY2/098 / Ancestry.co.uk
  4. London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921, Ancestry.com, London Metropolitan Archives, SAINT MARY, BATTERSEA, Register of marriages, 1878 Nov-1882 Mar, P70/MRY2/045 / Ancestry.co.uk
  5. England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915, FreeBMD / Ancestry.co.uk

Historical events

Day of burial January 3, 1884

  • The temperature on January 3, 1884 was about 6.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
    • March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
    • May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
    • June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
    • July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
    • December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

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