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Personal data Joseph Thomas Howes 

  • He was born on September 25, 1846 in Dennis, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America.
    Name Joseph Thomas Howes
    Gender Male
    Christening Place , DENNIS, BARNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS
    Birth Date 25 Sep 1846
    Birthplace , DENNIS, BARNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS
    Father's Name Horatio Howes
    Mother's Name Sally R.
  • Profession: Sea Captain.
  • He died on September 16, 1879 in Dennis, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America, he was 32 years old.Source 1
    Name Joseph T. Howes
    Event Type Death
    Event Date 10 Sep 1879
    Event Place Chatham, Massachusetts
    Gender Male
    Age 32
    Marital Status Married
    Occupation Mariner
    Birthplace Dennis
    Birth Year (Estimated) 1847
    Father's Name Horatio Howes
    Father's Birthplace Dennis
    Mother's Name Sally R. Howes
    Mother's Birthplace Dennis
  • He is buried September 1879 in Memorial erected by his wife Catherine.
    Horatio Thornton Howes
    Birth 5 Nov 1878
    Dennis, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
    Death 8 Jan 1879 (aged 2 months)
    Burial
    Dennis Village Cemetery
    Dennis, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
    Memorial ID 122069797 · View Source

    The mother of Horatio is Catherine (Katie) Thornton who remarried after the death of her husband Joseph to Thomas Alfred Maitland in Glasgow, Scotland. They migrated to Dunedin, New Zealand in 1887 where Thomas set up a successful business as a merchant. Thomas and Catherine are buried in Anderson's Bay cemetery, Dunedin.
    Inscription

    ERECTED BY Katie Howes In precious remembrance of her beloved husband Joseph T Howes Who died Sept 14,1879
    Aged 32 ys 11 ms 21 D's This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. Psalms 34:6
    _____
    Also their son Horatio Thornton Died Jan 8 1879 Burried at sea Jan 10 Lat 36°46'N Long. 4°20'E Aged 1 Yr 2 m's 5 D's.
    [something] the Kingdom of Heaven

    Family Members Parents Joseph Howes Joseph T Howes 1846–1879
    Catherine Maitland Catherine Thornton Maitland 1856–1927 Half Siblings Phoebe Blackie
    Phoebe Elizabeth Maitland Blackie 1881–1960
    Katie Munro Katie Alfreida Louise Maitland Munro 1886–1952 Alfred Maitland Alfred William James Maitland
    1890–1921 Winifred Romans Winifred Hinemoa Iris Maitland Romans 1893–1975 Emily Rose Maitland Suisted 1896–1990
    Dorothy Watson Dorothy Esther Cubbin Maitland Watson 1898–1957
  • A child of Horatio Howes and Sally Randall Nickerson
  • This information was last updated on July 21, 2023.

Household of Joseph Thomas Howes

He is married to Catherine Thornton.

They got married on October 10, 1874 at Yarmouth U.S.A, he was 28 years old.

Name Joseph T. Howes Event Type Marriage Event Date 10 Oct 1874 Event Place , Dennis, Massachusetts, United States
Gender Male Age 28 Marital Status Single Birth Year (Estimated) 1846 Father's Name Horatio Howes Mother's Name Sally R.
Spouse's Name Cathrine Thornton Spouse's Gender Female Spouse's Age 18 Spouse's Marital Status Single Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1856 Spouse's Father's Name James Thornton Spouse's Mother's Name Phebe

Name Joseph T. Howes
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 10 Oct 1874
Event Place , Dennis, Massachusetts, United States
Gender Male
Age 28
Marital Status Single
Birth Year (Estimated) 1846
Father's Name Horatio Howes
Mother's Name Sally R.
Spouse's Name Cathrine Thornton
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Age 18
Spouse's Marital Status Single
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1856
Spouse's Father's Name James Thornton
Spouse's Mother's Name Phebe

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Joseph Thomas Howes

Horatio Howes
1818-1897

Joseph Thomas Howes
1846-1879

1874

Catherine Thornton
1856-1927

Horatio Thornton Howes
1878-1879

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Historical events

Birthday September 25, 1846

  • The temperature on September 25, 1846 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt dampig regen. Source: KNMI
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    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 1846: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • May 7 » The Cambridge Chronicle, America's oldest surviving weekly newspaper, is published for the first time in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
    • May 12 » The Donner Party of pioneers departs Independence, Missouri for California, on what will become a year-long journey of hardship and cannibalism.
    • June 15 » The Oregon Treaty extends the border between the United States and British North America, established by the Treaty of 1818, westward to the Pacific Ocean.
    • July 7 » US troops occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the US conquest of California.
    • October 16 » William T. G. Morton administers ether anesthesia during a surgical operation.
    • December 24 » British acquired Labuan from the Sultanate of Brunei for Great Britain.

Day of marriage October 10, 1874

  • The temperature on October 10, 1874 was about 16.4 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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 July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
  • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1874: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 28 » One of the longest cases ever heard in an English court ends when the defendant is convicted of perjury for attempting to assume the identity of the heir to the Tichborne baronetcy.
    • March 15 » France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
    • May 16 » A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
    • June 29 » Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" leveling complaints against King George. Trikoupis is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.
    • July 14 » The Chicago Fire of 1874 burns down 47 acres of the city, destroying 812 buildings, killing 20, and resulting in the fire insurance industry demanding municipal reforms from Chicago's city council.
    • August 5 » Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.

Day of death September 16, 1879

  • The temperature on September 16, 1879 was about 19.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • 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 1879: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 11 » The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
    • January 13 » In Mozart Gardens Brooklyn Ada Anderson completed a great feat of pedestrianism - 2700 quarter miles in 2700 quarter hours, earning her $8000.
    • January 22 » The Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War results in a British defeat.
    • February 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
    • February 14 » The War of the Pacific breaks out when the Chilean Army occupies the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
    • August 28 » Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.


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