The Brown Tree » William McNEICE (1845-1938)
Personal data William McNEICE
Sources 1, 2Sources 1, 3, 4, 5, 6- He was born on October 1, 1845 in Ballykeel, Ballyclug, Co Antrim.Sources 3, 5, 6
- Alternative: He was born in the year 1846 in Ireland.
- Emigrated in the year 1875, Scotland.
- Profession: in the year 1879 Railway Company Manager in Cowlairs, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
- Resident:
- in the year 1901: Glasgow Springburn, Lanarkshire, Scotland.Source 5
- in the year 1881: Glasgow Springburn, Lanarkshire, Scotland.Source 3
- in the year 1891: Glasgow Springburn, Lanarkshire, Scotland.Source 6
- (Death of his Wife & 2 children) in the year 1886 in Glasgow Lanarkshire, Scotland: At the age of 34/ Rebecca 1 year/Jamie prob.at birth.
- He died on September 27, 1938 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, he was 92 years old.
- A child of Joshua McNEICE and Mary Farrell
Household of William McNEICE
He is married to Mary-Ann CONNELLY.
They got married on April 10, 1871 at Lurgan Parish church, N.Ireland, he was 25 years old.
Child(ren):
- Joshua MCNEICE 1879-1880
- Elizabeth MCNEICE 1883-1884
- Rebecca MCNEICE 1885-1886
- Jamie MCNIECE 1886-1886
Notes about William McNEICE
Cowlairs is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow, part of Springburn of the city. It is situated north of the River Clyde.The Cowlairs area has a long association with the railway, and is currently home to a diesel maintenance depot at Eastleigh
The Cowlairs railway works was founded in 1841 by the E& Railway on the west side at Carlisle Street. the first works in Britain which built locomotives, carriages and wagons in one factory.
In 1866, Cowlairs became the main workshop for the new owners, the North British Railway Company. In 1923, Cowlairs had new owners London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), no more engines were built, and the works reverted to repair and maintenance
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Sources
- Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- (Not public)
- 1881 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, Parish: Glasgow Springburn; ED: 85; Page: 24; Line: 4; Roll: cssct1881_229b / Ancestry.com
- (Not public)
- 1901 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, Parish: Glasgow Springburn; ED: 78; Page: 8; Line: 13; Roll: CSSCT1901_290
- 1891 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, Parish: Glasgow Springburn; ED: 88; Page: 25; Line: 11; Roll: CSSCT1891_266 / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday October 1, 1845
- The temperature on October 1, 1845 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 1845: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
- March 3 » Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
- March 11 » Flagstaff War: Unhappy with translational differences regarding the Treaty of Waitangi, chiefs Hone Heke, Kawiti and Māori tribe members chop down the British flagpole for a fourth time and drive settlers out of Kororareka, New Zealand.
- March 13 » Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto receives its première performance in Leipzig with Ferdinand David as soloist.
- May 30 » The Fatel Razack coming from India, lands in the Gulf of Paria in Trinidad and Tobago carrying the first Indians to the country.
- November 20 » Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata: Battle of Vuelta de Obligado.
- December 27 » Journalist John L. O'Sullivan, writing in his newspaper the New York Morning News, argues that the United States had the right to claim the entire Oregon Country "by the right of our manifest destiny".
Day of marriage April 10, 1871
- The temperature on April 10, 1871 was about 9.1 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 38%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
- In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- January 19 » Franco-Prussian War: In the Siege of Paris, Prussia wins the Battle of St. Quentin. Meanwhile, the French attempt to break the siege in the Battle of Buzenval will end unsuccessfully the following day.
- March 21 » Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
- March 22 » In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
- March 27 » The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
- May 21 » French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week", some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.
- September 20 » Bishop John Coleridge Patteson, first bishop of Melanesia, is martyred on Nukapu, now in the Solomon Islands.
Day of death September 27, 1938
- The temperature on September 27, 1938 was between 14.8 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
- March 3 » Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
- April 25 » U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
- May 26 » In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
- July 20 » The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948.
- September 5 » Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are executed after surrendering during a failed coup.
- December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.
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- 1934 » Ellen Willmott, English horticulturalist (b. 1858)
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- 1940 » Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian physician and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
- 1940 » Walter Benjamin, German philosopher and critic (b. 1892)
- 1942 » Douglas Albert Munro, United States Coast Guard signalman, posthumously awarded Medal of Honor, (b. 1919)
- 1944 » Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American evangelist, founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (b. 1890)
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