RanHam Tree » John Smith Maxwell (1825-1909)
Personal data John Smith Maxwell
Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7- He was born on August 22, 1825 in Morgan, Ohio, Verenigde Staten.Sources 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
- Resident:
- in the year 1870: Brookfield, Clinton, Iowa, Verenigde Staten.Source 7
- in the year 1860: Brookfield, Clinton, Iowa, Verenigde Staten.Source 5
- in the year 1880: Brookfield, Clinton, Iowa, Verenigde Staten.Source 2
- He died on November 21, 1909 in Stockton, California, Verenigde Staten, he was 84 years old.
- A child of Morgan Maxwell and Mary Anne Smith
Household of John Smith Maxwell
(1) He is married to Sarah A Thomas.
They got married in the year 1856 at Clinton, Clinton, Iowa, United States, he was 30 years old.
They got married on August 31, 1881 at Clinton, Iowa, USA, he was 56 years old.Source 3Child(ren):
- Jennie A Maxwell 1858-1937
- William Lowry Maxwell 1885-????
(2) He has/had a relationship with Julia Twiss.
Child(ren):
- John S. Maxwell ± 1861-1953
- Benton McClellan Maxwell 1863-1931
- Annie Maxwell ± 1864-1937
- Morgan V. Maxwell ± 1866-????
- Richard Maxwell ± 1867-1914
- Charles V. Maxwell ± 1869-????
- Edward M Maxwell 1871-????
- Mary Maxwell ± 1873-????
- Emma Maxwell ± 1875-????
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Sources
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- 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Year: 1880; Census Place: Brookfield, Clinton, Iowa; Roll: 334; Family History Film: 1254334; Page: 14C; Enumeration District: 282; Image: 0028 / Ancestry.com
- Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1937, Ancestry.com, Iowa State Archives; Des Moines, Iowa; Volume: 301 (Cerro Gordo - Dickinson) / Ancestry.com
- Iowa, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1856-1940, Ancestry.com, State Historical Society of Iowa; Des Moines, Iowa / Ancestry.com
- 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1860; Census Place: Brookfield, Clinton, Iowa; Roll: M653_316; Page: 494; Image: 493; Family History Library Film: 803316 / Ancestry.com
- Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1809-1992, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- 1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1870; Census Place: Brookfield, Clinton, Iowa; Roll: M593_384; Page: 40A; Image: 254984; Family History Library Film: 545883 / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday August 22, 1825
- The temperature on August 22, 1825 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: 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 1825: Source: Wikipedia
- January 27 » The U.S. Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the "Trail of Tears".
- February 4 » The Ohio Legislature authorizes the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal.
- February 9 » After no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes in the US presidential election of 1824, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams as President of the United States.
- June 4 » General Lafayette, a French officer in the American Revolutionary War, speaks at what would become Lafayette Square, Buffalo, during his visit to the United States.
- August 25 » Uruguay declares its independence from Brazil.
- September 27 » The world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, is ceremonially opened.
Day of death November 21, 1909
- The temperature on November 21, 1909 was between 0.4 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 12 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
- 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.
- April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
- June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
- September 7 » Eugène Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Juvisy, south of Paris, becoming the first aviator in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft.
- October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.
Same birth/death day
- 1827 » Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman and politician († 1906)
- 1834 » Samuel Pierpont Langley, American physicist and astronomer († 1906)
- 1836 » Archibald Willard, American soldier and painter († 1918)
- 1844 » George W. De Long, American Naval officer and explorer († 1881)
- 1845 » William Lewis Douglas, American businessman and politician, 42nd Governor of Massachusetts († 1924)
- 1847 » John Forrest, Australian politician, 1st Premier of Western Australia († 1918)
- 1899 » Garret Hobart, American lawyer and politician, 24th Vice President of the United States (b. 1844)
- 1907 » Harry Boyle, Australian cricketer (b. 1847)
- 1907 » Paula Modersohn-Becker, German painter (b. 1876)
- 1908 » Carl Friedrich Schmidt, German-Russian geologist and botanist (b. 1832)
- 1909 » Peder Severin Krøyer, Norwegian-Danish painter (b. 1851)
- 1916 » Franz Joseph I of Austria (b. 1830)
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