Pop Oswald Tree » Thomas ASHTON (1818-1898)
Personal data Thomas ASHTON
Sources 1, 2, 3- He was born on February 8, 1818 in Hyde, Cheshire, England.Sources 1, 2
- Alternative: He was born about 1818 in Hyde, Cheshire, England.Source 2
- He was christened on March 29, 1818 in Stockport, Cheshire, England.
- Resident in the year 1881: Didsbury, Lancashire, England.Source 2
- He died on January 21, 1898 in Chorlton, Lancashire, England, he was 79 years old.Source 1
- A child of Thomas ASHTON and Harriot BOOTH
Household of Thomas ASHTON
He is married to Elizabeth GAIR.
They got married April 1852 at Liverpool, Lancashire, England, he was 34 years old.
Child(ren):
- Elizabeth Marion ASHTON 1854-1939
- Thomas Gair ASHTON 1855-1933
- Charlotte Jane ASHTON 1861-????
- Grace Mary ASHTON ± 1861-????
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Sources
- England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD / Ancestry.com
- 1881 England Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Class: RG11; Piece: 3890; Folio: 84; Page: 50; GSU roll: 1341929 / Ancestry.com
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Historical events
Birthday February 8, 1818
- The temperature on February 8, 1818 was about -2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: zwaar mist. 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 1818: Source: Wikipedia
- January 2 » The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded by a group of six engineers; Thomas Telford would later become its first president.
- January 15 » A paper by David Brewster is read to the Royal Society, belatedly announcing his discovery of what we now call the biaxial class of doubly-refracting crystals. On the same day, Augustin-Jean Fresnel signs a "supplement" (submitted four days later) on reflection of polarized light.
- March 16 » In the Second Battle of Cancha Rayada, Spanish forces defeated Chileans under José de San Martín.
- April 5 » In the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement, led by Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San Martín, win a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead.
- October 20 » The Convention of 1818 is signed between the United States and the United Kingdom, which settles the Canada–United States border on the 49th parallel for most of its length.
- December 3 » Illinois becomes the 21st U.S. state.
Christening day March 29, 1818
- The temperature on March 29, 1818 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 1818: Source: Wikipedia
- February 5 » Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.
- February 12 » Bernardo O'Higgins formally approves the Chilean Declaration of Independence near Concepción, Chile.
- April 4 » The United States Congress, affirming the Second Continental Congress, adopts the flag of the United States with 13 red and white stripes and one star for each state (20 at that time).
- April 16 » The United States Senate ratifies the Rush–Bagot Treaty, limiting naval armaments on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain.
- April 20 » The case of Ashford v Thornton ends, with Abraham Thornton allowed to go free rather than face a retrial for murder, after his demand for trial by battle is upheld.
- September 7 » Carl III of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.
Day of death January 21, 1898
- The temperature on January 21, 1898 was about 8.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 1 » New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
- January 13 » Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
- February 23 » Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing J'Accuse…!, a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
- June 21 » The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.
- June 27 » The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
- September 13 » Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
Same birth/death day
- 1817 » Richard S. Ewell, American general († 1872)
- 1819 » John Ruskin, English author, critic, and academic († 1900)
- 1820 » William Tecumseh Sherman, American general († 1891)
- 1822 » Maxime Du Camp, French photographer and journalist († 1894)
- 1825 » Henry Walter Bates, English geographer, biologist, and explorer († 1892)
- 1828 » Jules Verne, French author, poet, and playwright († 1905)
- 1881 » Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
- 1891 » Calixa Lavallée, Canadian-American lieutenant and composer (b. 1842)
- 1901 » Elisha Gray, American engineer, co-founded Western Electric (b. 1835)
- 1914 » Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1857)
- 1918 » Jan Drozdowski, Polish pianist and music teacher (b. 1857)
- 1919 » Gojong of Korea (b. 1852)
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