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    August Quast, Sr
    Birth
    9 Jun 1858
    Russia
    Death
    26 Jul 1947 (aged 89)
    Grant County, North Dakota, USA
    Burial
    Zion Cemetery
    Elgin, Grant County, North Dakota, USA
    Memorial ID
    112901499 · View Source
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    August Sr. was born in Bessarabia, South Russia, son of William Quast and Christine Klittman, and married November 21, 1882, in Russia, to Kathrina Bremer. The family arrived from Russia in June 1902, and settled at Tripp, South Dakota. In 1905, they settled west of Elgin, Grant County, North Dakota.
    The children included Mary Quast Loeffler, Katherine Quast Mindt, August M. Quast, Teresa Quast Schweit, Christian Quast, Christine Quast Neal, and Daniel Quast.

    Family Members
    Spouses

    Leopoldina Neu Quast
    1863–1929 (m. 1928)

    Katherina Brenner Quast
    1855–1924
    Children

    Maria Quast Loeffler
    1884–1977

    Katherine Quast Mindt
    1886–1939

    August M. Quast
    1888–1969

    John A Quast
    1890–1966

Historical events

  • The temperature on June 9, 1858 was about 31.0 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. 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).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
  • From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
  • In the year 1858: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 30 » The first Hallé concert is given in Manchester, England, marking the official founding of The Hallé orchestra as a full-time, professional orchestra.
    • February 11 » Bernadette Soubirous's first vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, France.
    • June 18 » Charles Darwin receives a paper from Alfred Russel Wallace that includes nearly identical conclusions about evolution as Darwin's own, prompting Darwin to publish his theory.
    • July 1 » Joint reading of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace's papers on evolution to the Linnean Society of London.
    • August 20 » Charles Darwin first publishes his theory of evolution through natural selection in The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, alongside Alfred Russel Wallace's same theory.
    • November 17 » Modified Julian Day zero.
  • The temperature on July 26, 1947 was between 16.4 °C and 26.6 °C and averaged 20.9 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
    • February 18 » First Indochina War: The French gain complete control of Hanoi after forcing the Viet Minh to withdraw to mountains.
    • April 9 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted.
    • August 7 » The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).
    • October 1 » The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
    • October 5 » President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.
    • November 17 » American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.


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