The Orys and Cook Family Tree » William James Troy (1891-1982)

Personal data William James Troy 

  • He was born on February 12, 1891 in Kilmacthomas, Waterford, Ireland.
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1901: Comeragh, Waterford, Ireland.
    • in the year 1936: 211a Deansbrook Road, Hendon, Middlesex.
      Name: William John-J Bessant
      Electoral Date: 1936
      Street Address: 211a DEANSBROOK ROAD
      Ward or Division/Constituency: Hendon
      County or Borough: Barnet, England
    • in the year 1939: 23 Dalston Gardens, Harrow, Middlesex.
      Name: William Troy Gender: Male Marital Status: Widowed Birth Date: 12 Feb 1891 Residence Date: 1939
      Address: 23 Dalston Gdns Residence Place: Harrow, Middlesex, England Occupation: Builder Labourer Hea??
      Line Number: 30 Schedule Number: 291 Sub Schedule Number: 3 Enumeration District: Biib Borough: Harrow
      Registration district: 130-2 Household Members Age
      Elsie Connelly 27
      Raymond Connelly 2
      William Troy 48
      Elic M Troy 20
  • He died on January 25, 1982 in Cosham, Hampshire, England, he was 90 years old.
  • This information was last updated on March 17, 2023.

Household of William James Troy

(1) He is married to Mary Sullivan.

They got married on 2ND Q 1916 at Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, South Wales, he was 24 years old.

Name: William Troy
Registration Date: Apr 1916
[May 1916]
[Jun 1916]
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration District: Merthyr Tydfil
Inferred County: Glamorganshire
Spouse: Mary Sullivan
Volume Number: 11a
Page Number: 1251

Child(ren):



(2) He is married to Olive Rose Bessant.

They got married on March 1, 1919 at Bedwellty, Monmouthshire. Wales, he was 28 years old.

Name: Olive H Bessant
Possible Partners: Troy... District: Bedwellty... County: Monmouthshire... Year: 1919... Quarter: Jan-Mar... Volume: 11a... Page: 0281...

Name: William Troy
Possible Partners: Bessant... District: Bedwellty... County: Monmouthshire... Year: 1919... Quarter: Jan-Mar... Volume: 11a... Page: 0221...

Name Olive R Bessant Event Type Marriage Registration Quarter Jan-Feb-Mar Registration Year 1919 Registration District Bedwellty County Monmouthshire Event Place Bedwellty, Monmouthshire, England Spouse Name (available after 1911) Troy Volume 11A Page 221 Line Number 125

Child(ren):

  1. Elsie May Troy  1920-1984 


(3) He is married to Clara Edith P Dilkes.

They got married December 1947 at Leicester, Leicestershire. England, he was 56 years old.

Name: William Troy
Registration Date: Oct 1947
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration District: Leicester
Inferred County: Leicestershire
Spouse: Clara Dilkes
Volume Number: 3a
Page Number: 1705

Notes about William James Troy

5 Children to this marriage..

Found 5 Results.
Name: Elsie M Troy
District: Bedwellty... County: Monmouthshire... Year: 1920... Mother's Maiden Name: Bessant... Quarter: 1... Volume: 11a... Page: 336...
BMD Records Births
Name: Nellie W Troy
District: Bedwellty... County: Monmouthshire... Year: 1921... Mother's Maiden Name: Bessant... Quarter: 4... Volume: 11a... Page: 270...
BMD Records Births
Name: Phyllis T Troy
District: Bedwellty... County: Monmouthshire... Year: 1928... Mother's Maiden Name: Bessant... Quarter: 3... Volume: 11a... Page: 217...
BMD Records Births
Name: Sheila M Troy
District: Bedwellty... County: Monmouthshire... Year: 1929... Mother's Maiden Name: Bessant... Quarter: 4... Volume: 11a... Page: 206...
BMD Records Births
Name: Phyllis J Troy
District: Bedwellty... County: Monmouthshire... Year: 1933... Mother's Maiden Name: Bessant... Quarter: 4... Volume: 11a... Page: 166...

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William James Troy

William James Troy
1891-1982

(1) 1916

Mary Sullivan
1890-1917

Catherine (Kathleen) Troy
1917-1976
(2) 1919

Olive Rose Bessant
1901-1933

Elsie May Troy
1920-1984
Nellie Winifred Troy
1921-1991
(3) 1947

Clara Edith P Dilkes
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Historical events

Birthday February 12, 1891

  • The temperature on February 12, 1891 was about 4.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 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 Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 15 » Allmänna Idrottsklubben (AIK) (Swedish Sports Club) is founded.
    • March 3 » Shoshone National Forest is established as the first national forest in the US and world.
    • March 10 » Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
    • March 17 » SSUtopia collides with HMSAnson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
    • May 5 » The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
    • December 22 » Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.

Day of marriage March 1, 1919

  • The temperature on March 1, 1919 was between 1.5 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
    • January 15 » Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent socialists in Germany, are tortured and murdered by the Freikorps at the end of the Spartacist uprising.
    • January 22 » Act Zluky is signed, unifying the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian National Republic.
    • March 21 » The Hungarian Soviet Republic is established becoming the first Communist government to be formed in Europe after the October Revolution in Russia.
    • May 29 » Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin
    • September 22 » The steel strike of 1919, led by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, begins in Pennsylvania before spreading across the United States.
    • September 28 » Race riots begin in Omaha, Nebraska.

Day of death January 25, 1982

  • The temperature on January 25, 1982 was between 1.7 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 10.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Saturday, May 29, 1982 to Thursday, November 4, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt III, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1982: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
    • March 23 » Guatemala's government, headed by Fernando Romeo Lucas García is overthrown in a military coup by right-wing General Efraín Ríos Montt.
    • May 12 » During a procession outside the shrine of the Virgin Mary in Fátima, Portugal, security guards overpower Juan María Fernández y Krohn before he can attack Pope John Paul II with a bayonet.
    • May 24 » Liberation of Khorramshahr: Iranians recapture of the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis during the Iran–Iraq War.
    • June 21 » John Hinckley is found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted assassination of U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
    • November 13 » The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans.
    • December 3 » A soil sample is taken from Times Beach, Missouri, that will be found to contain 300 times the safe level of dioxin.


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