Family tree Boissevain » Alfred Creagh MacDonnell (1855-1897)

Personal data Alfred Creagh MacDonnell 


Household of Alfred Creagh MacDonnell

He is married to Adele Abbot.

They got married on February 22, 1881 at Sussex, England, he was 26 years old.


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Notes about Alfred Creagh MacDonnell

Education:
1871 Cheltenham College
1873 Woolwich Academy (passed 4th for R.E. on 15 February 1875).

Career:
His services are given in Hart's Army List:

"Served in the Afghan War of 1878-9 (medal), with the Queen's Own Sappers and Miners; and as Assistant Field Engineer with Peshawar Valley Field Force, and took part in the Bazar Valley Expedition (Medal). Served with the Rumpa Field Force in 1879-80, in command of a company of the Queen's Own Sappers and Miners, and as Superintendant of Army Signalling. Served in Sudan Campaign in 1885, with the Indian Contingent (medal, with clasp and Khedive's Star)."

Became Captain R.E., 18 August 1885 and in 1889 D.A.A. General for Instruction at Kasawli.

1894 Major, R.E., 18 May
1895 Instructor in Survey, Military School of Engineering, Chatham, Kent, 16 December.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Alfred Creagh MacDonnell

Richard MacDonnell
1787-1867
Jane Graves
1793-1882

Alfred Creagh MacDonnell
1855-1897

1881

Adele Abbot

Herbert Creagh MacDonnell
1884-????

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    Historical events

    Birthday January 28, 1855

    • The temperature on January 28, 1855 was about -4.8 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
    •  This page is only available in Dutch.
      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).
    • 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 1855: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
      • February 12 » Michigan State University is established.
      • March 30 » Origins of the American Civil War: "Border Ruffians" from Missouri invade Kansas and force election of a pro-slavery legislature.
      • June 4 » Major Henry C. Wayne departs New York aboard the USSSupply to procure camels to establish the U.S. Camel Corps.
      • August 1 » The first ascent of Monte Rosa, the second highest summit in the Alps.
      • September 9 » Crimean War: The Siege of Sevastopol comes to an end when Russian forces abandon the city.
      • November 16 » David Livingstone becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now Zambia-Zimbabwe.

    Day of marriage February 22, 1881

    • The temperature on February 22, 1881 was about 5.3 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1881: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • April 14 » The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
      • May 12 » In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
      • June 29 » In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
      • July 1 » General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.
      • October 13 » First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends.
      • November 3 » The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile.
    

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