Riches to Rags Family Tree » William Bryant Wilkes (1875-1933)
Personal data William Bryant Wilkes
Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4- Alternative names: William Wilkes, William B Wilkes
- He was born on July 9, 1875 in Nashville, Berrien Co. Ga.Sources 2, 3, 4
- Resident:
- in the year 1900: Militia District 1145, Berrien, Georgia, Verenigde Staten.Source 3
- in the year 1920: Adel, Cook, Georgia, USA.Source 2
- in the year 1910: Adel, Berrien, Georgia, USA.Source 4
- He died on October 4, 1933 in Adel, Cook County, GA, he was 58 years old.
- A child of Archibald Duncan Wilkes and Mary Ann Roberts
Household of William Bryant Wilkes
Child(ren):
- Mary Teodore Wilkes 1897-????
- Mary Thelma Wilkes 1897-1984
- Thelma Wilkes ± 1898-????
- Giddins Wilkes 1904-1986
- Giddens Wilkes ± 1904-1978
- James Wilkes ± 1905-
- Ernest O Wilkes 1907-1977
- Ernest Wilkes ± 1908-
- James E Wilkes 1911-1983
- Elizabeth Wilkes 1914-1989
- Wilson Bryant Wilkes 1917-1969
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Sources
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=83357721&pid=10240
/ Ancestry.com - 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1920; Census Place: Adel, Cook, Georgia; Roll: T625_246; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 76 / Ancestry.com
- 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1900; Census Place: Militia District 1145, Berrien, Georgia; Page: 16; Enumeration District: 0006 / Ancestry.com
- 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1910; Census Place: Adel, Berrien, Georgia; Roll: T624_172; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 0010; FHL microfilm: 1374185 / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday July 9, 1875
- The temperature on July 9, 1875 was about 14.0 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
- In the year 1875: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- January 5 » The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris.
- February 24 » The SSGothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.
- February 25 » Guangxu Emperor of Qing dynasty China begins his reign, under Empress Dowager Cixi's regency.
- March 3 » The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.
- March 15 » Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.
- April 4 » Vltava, composed by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana and also known by its German name Die Moldau, premiered in Prague.
Day of death October 4, 1933
- The temperature on October 4, 1933 was between 6.8 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1933: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
- February 20 » The U.S. Congress approves the Blaine Act to repeal federal Prohibition in the United States, sending the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution to state ratifying conventions for approval.
- May 8 » Mohandas Gandhi begins a 21-day fast of self-purification and launched a one-year campaign to help the Harijan movement.
- May 27 » New Deal: The U.S. Federal Securities Act is signed into law requiring the registration of securities with the Federal Trade Commission.
- September 12 » Leó Szilárd, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury, conceives the idea of the nuclear chain reaction.
- September 13 » Elizabeth McCombs becomes the first woman elected to the New Zealand Parliament.
- December 15 » The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution officially becomes effective, repealing the Eighteenth Amendment that prohibited the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol.
Same birth/death day
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- 1887 » James Ormsbee Chapin, American-Canadian painter and illustrator († 1975)
- 1887 » Samuel Eliot Morison, American admiral and historian († 1976)
- 1887 » Saturnino Herrán, Mexican painter († 1918)
- 1935 » Jean Béraud, French painter and academic (b. 1849)
- 1935 » Marie Gutheil-Schoder, German soprano, actress, and director (b. 1874)
- 1943 » Irena Iłłakowicz, German-Polish lieutenant (b. 1906)
- 1944 » Al Smith, American lawyer and politician, 42nd Governor of New York (b. 1873)
- 1946 » Barney Oldfield, American race car driver and actor (b. 1878)
- 1947 » Max Planck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
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The Riches to Rags Family Tree publication was prepared by June Mcmurphy.
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June Mcmurphy, "Riches to Rags Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/riches-to-rags-family-tree/P10240.php : accessed April 28, 2024), "William Bryant Wilkes (1875-1933)".