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Ancestors (and descendant) of Richard Cecil Pontefract

George Henry Pontefract
1847-1915
Ellen Boothroyd
1845-1921
Allen Stockdale
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Rebecca Beaumont
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Richard Cecil Pontefract
1895-1896


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  1. England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD / Ancestry.com
  2. West Yorkshire, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1985, Ancestry.com, West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; Old Reference Number: D231/1/18; New Reference Number: WDP231/1/3/3 / Ancestry.com
  3. Blandford/Branes-Austin Family Tree, Adsetts/Pontefract Family Tree (Owner: dapont1) / Ancestry.ca

Historical events

Day of burial February 22, 1896

  • The temperature on February 22, 1896 was about -2.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
    • June 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
    • August 17 » Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.
    • 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 30 » Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6–5.

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