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Personal data William Sidney WIGSTON 

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Household of William Sidney WIGSTON

He is married to Mary MCPHERSON.

They got married on April 21, 1896 at Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.Source 4

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Sidney WIGSTON

John WIGSTON
1810-1874
Sarah INGRAM
1812-1879
James HIAM
1807-1885
Sarah DAVIS
1807-1883
John WIGSTON
1837-1882
Anne HIAM
1838-1910

William Sidney WIGSTON
± 1874-1909

1896

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  1. Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  2. Web: Manitoba, Death Index, 1871-1947, Ancestry.com, Manitoba Consumer and Corporate Affairs; Manitoba, Canada / Ancestry.com
  3. 1881 England Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Class: RG11; Piece: 3101; Folio: 13; Page: 17; GSU roll: 1341739 / Ancestry.com
  4. Web: Manitoba, Marriage Index, 1881-1937, Ancestry.com, Manitoba Consumer and Corporate Affairs; Manitoba, Canada / Ancestry.com

Historical events

  • The temperature on April 21, 1896 was about 9.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 21 » An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
    • May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
    • July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
    • August 16 » Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
    • November 17 » The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
    • December 10 » Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.
  • The temperature on July 4, 1909 was between 9.4 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
    • February 15 » The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
    • February 22 » The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USSConnecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
    • March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
    • August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
    • August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
    • December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.


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