Staley ancestry » Elijah B May (1850-????)

Personal data Elijah B May 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Household of Elijah B May

He is married to America Jane Swetnam.

They got married on July 1, 1871 at Morgan, Kentucky, he was 21 years old.Sources 1, 4


Child(ren):

  1. Rollin Eugene May  1873-1949
  2. Leonard Drake May  1881-????

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Elijah B May

Elijah B May
1850-????

1871

America Jane Swetnam
1850-1886

Rollin Eugene May
1873-1949
Leonard Drake May
1881-????

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Sources

  1. Kentucky, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900, Dodd, Jordan, comp / Ancestry.com
  2. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  3. 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Year: 1880; Census Place: Black Water, Morgan, Kentucky; Roll: 435; Page: 525D; Enumeration District: 086 / Ancestry.com
  4. Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  5. Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1965, Ancestry.com, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives; Frankfort, Kentucky / Ancestry.com

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Historical events

Day of marriage July 1, 1871

  • The temperature on July 1, 1871 was about 21.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 3 » In the Battle of Bapaume, an engagement in the Franco-Prussian War, General Louis Faidherbe's forces bring about a Prussian retreat.
    • March 18 » Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders the evacuation of Paris.
    • April 30 » The Camp Grant massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.
    • June 16 » The Universities Tests Act 1871 allows students to enter the universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology).
    • July 20 » British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.
    • July 30 » The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.

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