The Orys and Cook Family Tree » Rachel Wright (1835-1857)

Personal data Rachel Wright 

  • She was born in the year 1835.
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1841: .
    • in the year 1851: .
  • She died May 1857, she was 22 years old.
  • She is buried on May 19, 1857 in Brompton Cemetary London.
    Name: Rachel Wells
    Death Date: 19 May 1857
    Cemetery: Brompton Cemetery
    Burial or Cremation Place: West Brompton, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England
    Has Bio?: N
    URL:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/221992110/rachel-wells
  • This information was last updated on June 1, 2022.

Household of Rachel Wright

She is married to James Robert Wells.

They got married on December 30, 1856 at St. John's Church, Fulham, London, she was 21 years old.

Name: James Robert Wells Registration Year: 1856 Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec Registration District: Kensington
Parishes for this Registration District: Inferred County: London Volume: 1a Page: 26 Records on Page:
Name Margaretta Ann Bright Jennings James Robert Wells Rachel Wright SEE PHOTO

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Day of burial May 19, 1857

  • The temperature on May 19, 1857 was about 12.9 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1857: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 9 » The 7.9 Mw  Fort Tejon earthquake shakes Central and Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent).
    • March 23 » Elisha Otis's first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway New York City.
    • May 10 » Indian Rebellion of 1857: In India, the first war of Independence begins. Sepoys mutiny against their commanding officers at Meerut.
    • July 18 » Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall's war against the French.
    • September 12 » The SSCentral America sinks about 160 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, drowning a total of 426 passengers and crew, including Captain William Lewis Herndon. The ship was carrying 13–15 tons of gold from the California Gold Rush.
    • October 24 » Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest association football club still in operation, is founded in England.

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