The Brown Tree » Isaac RUSSELL (1881-1945)
Personal data Isaac RUSSELL
- He was born on June 28, 1881 in Drumgor,Seagoe.
- He died in the year 1945 in Germiston Hospital, Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa, he was 63 years old.
- A child of Alexander RUSSELL and Mary ATKINSON
Household of Isaac RUSSELL
He is married to Ruth DAVIES.
They got married on September 21, 1904, he was 23 years old.
Child(ren):
- Charles Sydney Isaac RUSSELL 1906-1986
Notes about Isaac RUSSELL
1 UID DBE6FFB1DBB30B43AEB4F79B937E37C44DFC 1 UID B4E761975F46434D8FA7D4C43EEF677BA56E 1 UID 68220B9FEB3CF24E86B6A7D9FF82C016AE5E Place of death: Germiston Hospital, Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa Notes: VAL/12B/14/7A Isaac Russell took over the tenancy of the family farm at Drumgor from his brother, Edward, in 1909. In 1915 the farm was taken over by Thomas Gregson. National Archives South Africa DEPOT TAB SOURCE MHG TYPE LEER VOLUME_NO 0 SYSTEM 01 REFERENCE 854/46 PART 1 DESCRIPTION RUSSELL, ISAAC. STARTING 19460000 ENDING 19460000 REMARKS SURVIVING SPOUSE RUTH RUSSELL. (BORN DAVIES). Last Will and Testament of Isaac RUSSELL and Ruth RUSSELL born DAVIES ........ To our minor son, Albert Edward RUSSELL, our Canteen of Cutlery (of Viner's Sheffield Steel), to which we attach much sentimental value, in the hope that he will regard and preserve it with equal care. To our minor daughter, Winifred Myrel RUSSELL, our Karlick piano ........ Spouse name: Ruth Davies Place of marriage: Claremont, Cape Colony, South Africa Date of marriage: 21 Sep 1904 Divorced: No The lifeline view plots the events you have entered in the information view for your relation plus census data you have merged in to your tree. Roll over an event to view details 1 UID 2E5A8F788493DC4A8C32AAC7420312FB4D90 1 UID 94C253F2B753E6459C44BD2D6B122B4E9091 1 UID AA7EAB44534E5A4A83DE1537B6CC694D4142
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Historical events
Birthday June 28, 1881
- The temperature on June 28, 1881 was about 15.7 °C. There was 1 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 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)
- 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.
- March 1 » The first Minnesota State Capitol burns down.
- July 1 » The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.
- July 2 » Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James A. Garfield (who will die of complications from his wounds on September 19).
- July 4 » In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
- July 23 » The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
- November 9 » Mapuche rebels attack the fortified Chilean settlement of Temuco.
Day of marriage September 21, 1904
- The temperature on September 21, 1904 was between 3.0 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
- January 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
- February 22 » The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
- February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
- May 15 » Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
- June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
- December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.
Same birth/death day
- 1875 » Henri Lebesgue, French mathematician and academic († 1941)
- 1879 » Wilhelm Steinkopf, German chemist († 1949)
- 1880 » John Meyers, American swimmer and water polo player († 1971)
- 1883 » Pierre Laval, French soldier and politician, 101st Prime Minister of France († 1945)
- 1884 » Lamina Sankoh, Sierra Leonean banker and politician († 1964)
- 1888 » George Challenor, Barbadian cricketer († 1947)
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