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Personal data Sylvester Hill Brokaw 

  • Alternative name: Sylvester Hill Brokaw (maiden name, name before first marriage)
  • He was born on August 5, 1847 in Fairview, Fulton, Illn.
  • He died on December 31, 1890, he was 43 years old.
  • He is buried in Roseville Cemetery, Monmouth Township, Warren, Illinois, United States.
  • A child of Isaac J. Brokaw and Alletta Schenck
  • This information was last updated on November 10, 2017.

Household of Sylvester Hill Brokaw

He has/had a relationship with Agnes Hickman.


Child(ren):

  1. Anna Aletta Brokaw  1875-1955 
  3. Florence A. Brokaw  1878-1878
  5. Theodore Brokaw  1883-1885

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Sylvester Hill Brokaw

Isaac Brokaw
1770-1817
Magdalena Van Liew
1772-1827

Sylvester Hill Brokaw
1847-1890


Agnes Hickman
1851-1893

Anna Aletta Brokaw
1875-1955
Sylvester Llewllyn Brokaw
1876-1957
Florence A. Brokaw
1878-1878
George Hickman Brokaw
1880-1969
Theodore Brokaw
1883-1885

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Historical events

Birthday August 5, 1847

  • The temperature on August 5, 1847 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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.
    • January 16 » John C. Frémont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory.
    • 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.
    • March 9 » Mexican–American War: The first large-scale amphibious assault in U.S. history is launched in the Siege of Veracruz.
    • April 18 » American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico.
    • November 19 » The second Canadian railway line, the Montreal and Lachine Railroad, is opened.
    • 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.

Day of death December 31, 1890

  • The temperature on December 31, 1890 was about -12.3 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1890: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 4 » The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520m) long, is opened by the Duke of Rothesay, later King Edward VII.
    • July 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act.
    • July 26 » In Buenos Aires, Argentina the Revolución del Parque takes place, forcing President Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman's resignation.
    • July 27 » Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
    • August 7 » Anna Månsdotter became the last woman to be executed in Sweden for the 1889 Yngsjö murder.
    • December 30 » Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight.


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