Staley ancestry » Ruth Wright (1816-1874)

Personal data Ruth Wright 

Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
  • She was born in the year 1816 in Indiana, Verenigde Staten.Sources 5, 6, 7
  • Resident:
  • She died on April 6, 1874 in Chatham, Sangamon, Illinois, Verenigde Staten, she was 58 years old.

Household of Ruth Wright

She is married to Andrew Pickens Drennan.

They got married on April 26, 1853 at Sangamon, Illinois, USA, she was 37 years old.Sources 4, 8


Child(ren):

  1. Ruth Frances Drennan  1857-1932 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Ruth Wright

Ruth Wright
1816-1874

1853

Andrew Pickens Drennan
1806-1874

Ruth Frances Drennan
1857-1932

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Sources

  1. (Not public)
  2. Washington, Marriage Records, 1854-2013, Ancestry.com, Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington Marriage Records, 1854-2013; Reference Number: eawwmru2309 / Ancestry.com
  3. Illinois, County Marriage Records, 1800-1940, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
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  5. 1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1870; Census Place: Chatham, Sangamon, Illinois; Roll: M593_281; Page: 77A; Family History Library Film: 545780 / Ancestry.com
  6. 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1850; Census Place: Sangamon, Illinois; Roll: M432_127; Page: 202B; Image: 412 / Ancestry.com
  7. 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1860; Census Place: Chatham, Sangamon, Illinois; Roll: M653_226; Page: 493; Family History Library Film: 803226 / Ancestry.com
  8. Illinois, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

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Day of marriage April 26, 1853

  • The temperature on April 26, 1853 was about 4.9 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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 Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In the year 1853: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 4 » After having been kidnapped and sold into slavery in the American South, Solomon Northup regains his freedom; his memoir Twelve Years a Slave later becomes a national bestseller.
    • January 19 » Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore receives its premiere performance in Rome.
    • February 22 » Washington University in St. Louis is founded as Eliot Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri.
    • July 14 » Opening of the first major US world's fair, the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York City.
    • July 25 » Joaquin Murrieta, the famous Californio bandit known as the "Robin Hood of El Dorado", is killed.
    • November 30 » Crimean War: Battle of Sinop: The Imperial Russian Navy under Pavel Nakhimov destroys the Ottoman fleet under Osman Pasha at Sinop, a sea port in northern Turkey.

Day of death April 6, 1874

  • The temperature on April 6, 1874 was about 9.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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 July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
  • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1874: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 28 » One of the longest cases ever heard in an English court ends when the defendant is convicted of perjury for attempting to assume the identity of the heir to the Tichborne baronetcy.
    • March 18 » Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trade rights.
    • May 9 » The first horsebus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
    • June 29 » Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" leveling complaints against King George. Trikoupis is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.
    • July 1 » The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.
    • August 5 » Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.


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