Gall/Genseal Family Tree » Abijah B Branson (1847-1920)

Personal data Abijah B Branson 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Household of Abijah B Branson

He is married to Minerva Chapman.

They got married in the year 1873 at Williamson, Illinois, USA, he was 25 years old.Sources 5, 8, 9

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Sources

  1. 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1920; Census Place: Carbondale, Jackson, Illinois; Roll: T625_375; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 49; Image: 700 / Ancestry.com
  2. 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1910; Census Place: Carbondale Ward 2, Jackson, Illinois; Roll: T624_293; Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 0045; FHL microfilm: 1374306 / Ancestry.com
  3. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  4. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  5. 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1900; Census Place: Carbondale, Jackson, Illinois; Roll: 306; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 0018; FHL microfilm: 1240306 / Ancestry.com
  6. 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Year: 1880; Census Place: Makanda, Jackson, Illinois; Roll: 215; Family History Film: 1254215; Page: 220C; Enumeration District: 042; Image: 0201 / Ancestry.com
  7. 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 11, Wayne, Illinois; Roll: M432_131; Page: 188A; Image: 380 / Ancestry.com
  8. Illinois, County Marriage Records, 1800-1940, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  9. Illinois, Marriage Index, 1860-1920, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

Historical events

  • The temperature on March 14, 1847 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt dampig. 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 1847: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • February 28 » The Battle of the Sacramento River during the Mexican–American War is a decisive victory for the United States leading to the capture of Chihuahua.
    • July 24 » After 17 months of travel, Brigham Young leads 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City.
    • July 26 » Liberia declares its independence.
    • September 12 » Mexican–American War: the Battle of Chapultepec begins.
    • November 10 » The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked in thick fog off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 92 of the 110 on board. The disaster results in the construction of the Fastnet Rock lighthouse.
    • November 29 » Whitman massacre: Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War.
  • The temperature on February 19, 1920 was between 2.7 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
    • January 13 » The Reichstag Bloodbath of January 13, 1920, the bloodiest demonstration in German history.
    • January 19 » The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.
    • March 12 » The Kapp Putsch begins when the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt is ordered to march on Berlin.
    • May 2 » The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.
    • July 11 » In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany.
    • August 10 » World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.


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Catherine Spry, "Gall/Genseal Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/spry-family-tree/I3980.php : accessed May 9, 2025), "Abijah B Branson (1847-1920)".