RanHam Tree » William S. Wilson (1778-1861)
Personal data William S. Wilson
Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9- He was born in the year 1778 in County Down, Ireland.Sources 2, 4, 5, 8
- Resident:
- on 1826-1878: McDonough, Illinois, Verenigde Staten.Source 6
- in the year 1835: No Township Listed, Fulton County, IL.Source 3
- in the year 1840: Fulton, Illinois, USA.Source 7
- in the year 1850: Bernadotte, Fulton, Illinois, USA.Source 2
- in the year 1860: Bernadotte, Fulton, Illinois, USA.Source 8
- He died on May 3, 1861 in Lewistown, Fulton County, Illinois, USA, he was 83 years old.Sources 4, 5
- He is buried in Cuba, Fulton County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten.Sources 4, 5
- A child of Elizabeth Perry
- A child of John Wilson
Household of William S. Wilson
(1) He is married to Hester Ramsey.
They got married on March 20, 1804 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, he was 26 years old.
They got married in the year 1810 at Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,USA, he was 32 years old. They got married in the year 1819 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was 41 years old. They got married in the year 1825 at Of, Cuba, Fulton, Illinois, he was 47 years old.Child(ren):
- Eliza Wilson 1808-1885
- Charles Wilson 1813-1884
- Hannah Wilson 1820-1907
- Robert Wilson 1824-± 1884
- BENJAMIN WILSON 1828-1880
- Samuel Commodore Wilson 1829-1913
- Hester Wilson 1832-1894
- John Wilson 1835-????
- IVY WILSON 1837-????
- Mary Wilson 1837-????
- Jane Wilson 1839-????
- Izy Wilson 1842-????
(2) He had a relationship with Mary Storry.
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Sources
- (Not public)
- 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1850; Census Place: Bernadotte, Fulton, Illinois; Roll: M432_107; Page: 125A; Image: 117 / Ancestry.com
- Illinois, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1890, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Web: Illinois, Find A Grave Index, 1809-2012, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- (Not public)
- History of McDonough County, Illinois, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- 1840 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1840; Census Place: Fulton, Illinois; Roll: 59; Page: 348; Image: 504; Family History Library Film: 0007642 / Ancestry.com
- 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1860; Census Place: Bernadotte, Fulton, Illinois; Roll: M653_179; Page: 215; Image: 215; Family History Library Film: 803179 / Ancestry.com
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, Source number: 948.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: GAK / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Day of marriage March 20, 1804
- The temperature on March 20, 1804 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. 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 1804: Source: Wikipedia
- March 4 » Castle Hill Rebellion: Irish convicts rebel against British colonial authority in the Colony of New South Wales.
- May 14 » William Clark and 42 men depart from Camp Dubois to join Meriwether Lewis at St. Charles, Missouri, marking the beginning of the Lewis and Clark Expedition's historic journey up the Missouri River.
- May 18 » Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French by the French Senate.
- June 15 » New Hampshire approves the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratifying the document.
- July 11 » A duel occurs in which the Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton.
- December 2 » At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of the French.
Day of death May 3, 1861
- The temperature on May 3, 1861 was about 3.4 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
- From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
- In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- March 21 » Alexander Stephens gives the Cornerstone Speech.
- April 17 » The state of Virginia's secession convention votes to secede from the United States, later becoming the eighth state to join the Confederate States of America.
- April 19 » American Civil War: Baltimore riot of 1861: A pro-Secession mob in Baltimore attacks United States Army troops marching through the city.
- May 24 » American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia.
- September 17 » Argentine Civil Wars: The State of Buenos Aires defeats the Argentine Confederation at the Battle of Pavón.
- November 1 » American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as the commander of the Union Army, replacing General Winfield Scott.
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- 1856 » Louis-Étienne Saint-Denis, Arab-French servant to Napoleon I (b. 1788)
- 1882 » Leonidas Smolents, Austrian–Greek general and army minister (b. 1806)
- 1910 » Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist (b. 1871)
- 1916 » Tom Clarke, Irish rebel (b. 1858)
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