Richard Carver Family Tree » Zechariah Walter Preston (1855-1880)
Personal data Zechariah Walter Preston
Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4, 5, 6- Alternative name: Walter Preston
- He was born on April 22, 1855 in Rockland St Mary, Norfolk, England.Sources 2, 5
- Resident in the year 1861: Norwich Heigham, Norfolk, England.Source 2
- He died on June 20, 1880 in Finchley, Barnet, Middlesex, England , he was 25 years old.
- He is buried in Middlesex, England.Source 4
- A child of John Preston and Mary Ann SHREEVE
Household of Zechariah Walter Preston
He is married to Louisa Jane Bright.
They got married on May 25, 1873 at St John, Hackney, Middlesex, England, he was 18 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
- Laura Preston 1875-????
- Louisa Jane Preston 1876-1913
- Emma Elizabeth Preston 1878-1924
- George Ernest Preston 1879-1918
- George Preston 1880-????
- Alice Bright ± 1885-????
- Louisa Bright ± 1893-????
- Walter Bright ± 1894-????
Timeline Zechariah Walter Preston
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Sources
- Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, Ancestry Family Tree
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=110673868&pid=1849
- 1861 England Census, Ancestry.com, Class: RG 9; Piece: 1220; Folio: 126; Page: 25; GSU roll: 542777 / Ancestry.com
- London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1931, Ancestry.com, London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: p79/jn1/082 / Ancestry.com
- London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, Ancestry.com, London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: DRO/032/A/01/002 / Ancestry.com
- England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD / Ancestry.com
- London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906, Ancestry.com, London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: p83/mry1/1189 / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday April 22, 1855
- The temperature on April 22, 1855 was about 4.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. 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).
- From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
- In the year 1855: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
- February 12 » Michigan State University is established.
- February 22 » The Pennsylvania State University is founded in State College, Pennsylvania (as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania).
- March 2 » Alexander II becomes Tsar of Russia.
- May 3 » American adventurer William Walker departs from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer Nicaragua.
- July 1 » Signing of the Quinault Treaty: The Quinault and the Quileute cede their land to the United States.
- July 4 » The first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems, Leaves of Grass, is published In Brooklyn.
Day of marriage May 25, 1873
- The temperature on May 25, 1873 was about 15.1 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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 July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
- In the year 1873: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- January 17 » A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, part of the Modoc War.
- February 11 » King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates.
- March 3 » Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene literature and articles of immoral use" through the mail.
- August 2 » The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system.
- September 1 » Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
- September 15 » Franco-Prussian War: The last Imperial German Army troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.
Day of death June 20, 1880
- The temperature on June 20, 1880 was about 23.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1880: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- January 27 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
- June 24 » First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
- June 29 » France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".
- July 27 » Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
- September 1 » The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
- December 16 » Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.
Same birth/death day
- 1844 » Lewis Powell, American soldier, attempted assassin of William H. Seward († 1865)
- 1852 » William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg († 1912)
- 1854 » Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1943)
- 1858 » Ethel Smyth, English composer († 1944)
- 1860 » Ada Rehan, Irish-American actress († 1916)
- 1870 » Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary and founder of Soviet Russia († 1924)
- 1869 » Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese commander (b. 1835)
- 1870 » Jules de Goncourt, French historian and author (b. 1830)
- 1872 » Élie Frédéric Forey, French general (b. 1804)
- 1875 » Joseph Meek, American police officer and politician (b. 1810)
- 1888 » Johannes Zukertort, Polish-English chess player (b. 1842)
- 1906 » John Clayton Adams, English painter (b. 1840)
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