Sherren Family Tree » William Ley (± 1835-1889)
Personal data William Ley
- He was born about 1835 in Berrynarbor, Devon, England.Source 1
- Resident:
- in the year 1861: Berrynarbour, Devon, England.Source 2
- in the year 1881: Swansea Town, Glamorgan, Wales.Source 3
- He died on March 5, 1889 in 82 Western-street, Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales.
Source: Probate of the Will
- A child of John Ley and Grace Huxtable
Household of William Ley
He has/had a relationship with Elizabeth ?.
Child(ren):
- Elizabeth A. Ley 1855-????
- John Ley 1859-????
- Selina Ley ± 1863-????
- Ada Ley ± 1871-????
- Georgina Ley ± 1874-????
- Emma Kate Ley ± 1877-????
- Florence May Ley 1880-????
Timeline William Ley
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Sources
- 1891 England Census, Ancestry.com, Registration District: Bideford, Devon. Sub District: Parkham / Ancestry.ca
- 1861 England Census, Ancestry.com, Registration District: Barnstaple, Devon. Sub District: Ilfracombe / Ancestry.ca
- 1881 Wales Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Registration District:Swansea, Glamorgan. Sub District: Swansea / Ancestry.ca
Historical events
Day of death March 5, 1889
- The temperature on March 5, 1889 was about -2.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- January 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
- February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
- February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
- May 11 » An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
- August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
- November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
Same birth/death day
- 1876 » Marie d'Agoult, German-French historian and author (b. 1805)
- 1893 » Hippolyte Taine, French historian and critic (b. 1828)
- 1895 » Nikolai Leskov, Russian author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1831)
- 1895 » Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, English general and scholar (b. 1810)
- 1907 » Friedrich Blass, German philologist, scholar, and academic (b. 1843)
- 1925 » Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1859)
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The Sherren Family Tree publication was prepared by Derk Sherren.
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Derk Sherren, "Sherren Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/sherren-family-tree/I210123775563.php : accessed May 3, 2025), "William Ley (± 1835-1889)".
Derk Sherren, "Sherren Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/sherren-family-tree/I210123775563.php : accessed May 3, 2025), "William Ley (± 1835-1889)".