Sherren Family Tree » Samuel Major (Pvt) (1846-1911)

Personal data Samuel Major (Pvt) 

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Household of Samuel Major (Pvt)

He has/had a relationship with Elizabeth Lane "Lillie" Buck.


Child(ren):

  1. Fayette Buck Major  1881-1941
  2. Julian Neville Major  1887-1953 
  3. Richard Major  1888-1979

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Sources

  1. Web: Virginia, Find A Grave Index, 1607-2012, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  2. Prospect Hill Cemetery Inscriptions, Front Royal, Virginia, Carroll, Michael / Ancestry.com
  3. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  4. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, Historical Data Systems, comp / Ancestry.com
  5. Blandford/Branes-Austin Family Tree, Andrew Major Family Tree. (Owner: 12majora) / Ancestry.ca

Historical events

Birthday March 25, 1846

  • The temperature on March 25, 1846 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt regen. Source: KNMI
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    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 1846: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • January 28 » The Battle of Aliwal, India, is won by British troops commanded by Sir Harry Smith.
    • May 1 » The few remaining Mormons left in Nauvoo, Illinois, formally dedicate the Nauvoo Temple.
    • May 12 » The Donner Party of pioneers departs Independence, Missouri for California, on what will become a year-long journey of hardship and cannibalism.
    • August 10 » The Smithsonian Institution is chartered by the United States Congress after James Smithson donates $500,000.
    • September 14 » Jang Bahadur and his brothers massacre about 40 members of the Nepalese palace court.
    • October 16 » William T. G. Morton administers ether anesthesia during a surgical operation.

Day of death August 2, 1911

  • The temperature on August 2, 1911 was between 15.7 °C and 27.6 °C and averaged 21.5 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 1911: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 5 » Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's third oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
    • April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
    • May 30 » At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
    • June 22 » Mexican Revolution: Government forces bring an end to the Magonista rebellion of 1911 in the Second Battle of Tijuana.
    • September 18 » Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
    • October 24 » Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.


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