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 1 » United States President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas.
- 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.
- July 4 » Henry David Thoreau moves into a small cabin on Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. Thoreau's account of his two years there, Walden, will become a touchstone of the environmental movement.
- July 19 » Great New York City Fire of 1845: The last great fire to affect Manhattan begins early in the morning and is subdued that afternoon. The fire kills four firefighters and 26 civilians and destroys 345 buildings.
- August 28 » The first issue of Scientific American magazine is published.
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 18 » Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed Kaiser Wilhelm in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles (France) towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. Wilhelm already had the title of German Emperor since the constitution of 1 January 1871, but he had hesitated to accept the title.
- 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 28 » The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
- September 28 » The Brazilian Parliament passes a law that frees all children thereafter born to slaves, and all government-owned slaves.
- October 24 » An estimated 17 to 20 Chinese immigrants are lynched in Los Angeles, California.
- December 26 » Thespis, the first Gilbert and Sullivan collaboration, debuts. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years and the score has been lost.
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.
- February 4 » Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Armed Forces High Command.
- June 7 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. Five hundred to nine hundred thousand civilians are killed.
- July 3 » World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour (202.58km/h).
- August 20 » Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez.
- September 21 » The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people.
- September 30 » Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
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- 1835 » Ádám Politzer, Hungarian-Austrian physician and anatomist († 1920)
- 1842 » Charles Cros, French poet and author († 1888)
- 1842 » S. Subramania Iyer, Indian lawyer and jurist († 1924)
- 1846 » Nectarios of Aegina, Greek metropolitan and saint († 1920)
- 1847 » Annie Besant, English-Indian activist and author († 1933)
- 1934 » Ellen Willmott, English horticulturalist (b. 1858)
- 1935 » Alan Gray, English composer and organist (b. 1855)
- 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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