Family tree varianten Glasmeier (Amerika) » George May (1808-1881)
Personal data George May
- He was born in the year 1808 in Catawissa, Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Attention: Was younger than 16 years (0) when child (David May) was born (May 1, 1806). - He died on October 29, 1881 in Allen County, Ohio, Verenigde Staten, he was 73 years old.
- He is buried in Allen County, OH (Jackson Tp, Bethlehem-Hefner cem).
- A child of John May and Maria Margaret Strouse
Household of George May
(1) He is married to Catherine Gensel.
They got married on August 25, 1826 at Pickaway County, OH, he was 18 years old.
Child(ren):
- John May 1828-1903
- George Washington May 1836-1925
- Andrew Jackson May 1839-1919
- David May 1843-1911
- Susannah (Susan) May 1845-1923
- Susannah (Susan) May 1845-1923
- Francis Marion May 1848-1906
- Jacob May 1850-1922
Child(ren):
- David May 1806-1890
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Historical events
Day of marriage August 25, 1826
- The temperature on August 25, 1826 was about 23.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: omtrent helder weerlicht. 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 year 1826: Source: Wikipedia
- April 1 » Samuel Morey received a patent for a compressionless "Gas or Vapor Engine".
- May 22 » HMSBeagle departs on its first voyage.
- July 4 » John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, respectively the second and third presidents of the United States, die the same day, on the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence. Adams' last words were, "Thomas Jefferson survives."
- September 11 » Captain William Morgan, an ex-freemason is arrested in Batavia, New York for debt after declaring that he would publish The Mysteries of Free Masonry, a book against Freemasonry. This sets into motion the events that lead to his mysterious disappearance.
- December 24 » The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy begins that night, wrapping up the following morning.
- December 25 » The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy concludes after beginning the previous evening.
Day of death October 29, 1881
- The temperature on October 29, 1881 was about 2.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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.
- February 27 » First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.
- 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 14 » Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
- July 23 » The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
- September 19 » U.S. President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting. Vice President Chester A. Arthur becomes President upon Garfield's death.
Same birth/death day
- 1877 » Nathan Bedford Forrest, American general and KKK leader (b. 1821)
- 1885 » George B. McClellan, American general and politician, 24th Governor of New Jersey (b. 1826)
- 1892 » William Harnett, American painter (b. 1848)
- 1897 » Henry George, American journalist, philosopher, and economist (b. 1839)
- 1901 » Leon Czolgosz, American assassin of William McKinley (b. 1873)
- 1905 » Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian weight thrower and shot putter (b. 1873)
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