The Wells - Gierach Family » William Francis Wells (1847-1934)
Personal data William Francis Wells
Source 1Sources 2, 3- Alternative name: William F Wells
- He was born on August 18, 1847 in Hart Co., Ga.Source 2
- Alternative: He was born on August 18, 1847 in Hart Co., Ga.Source 3
- Alternative: He was born in the year 1852 in Texas, United States.Source 3
- Alternative: He was born on January 1, 1853 in Smith County, Texas, Verenigde Staten.
- Resident in the year 1870: Bluffton, Llano, Texas, United States.Source 3
- He died on November 22, 1934 in Nebo Community, Smith County, Texas, he was 87 years old.Source 2
- Alternative: He died on November 22, 1934 in Smith Co., Tx, he was 87 years old.
- Alternative: He died in the year 1924 in Texas, United States, he was 76 years old.
- Alternative: He died on December 21, 1924 in buried Bluffton Cem, Llano Co. Tex, he was 77 years old.
- He is buried in Lindale, Smith County, Texas, USA.Source 2
- A child of Rice Wells and Rachel Jurusha Hill
- A child of William Wells and Amyann Marie Roe +
Household of William Francis Wells
(1) He is married to Adelia E Delia Shirley.
They got married on February 27, 1868 at Hart Co., Tx, he was 20 years old.
Child(ren):
- Reuben J. Wells 1870-< 1880
- Emma Wells 1873-1921
- Etta Wells 1877-1942
- Alice J. Wells 1879-1941
- Ella Mae Wells 1882-1967
- Della R. Wells 1882-1906
- Walter Clifton Wells 1890-± 1923
(2) He is married to Alice Rike Morris.
They got married on September 23, 1920 at Smith Co., Tx, he was 73 years old.
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Sources
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=33135095&pid=12166
/ Ancestry.com - U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- 1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1870; Census Place: Bluffton, Llano, Texas; Roll: M593_1597; Page: 280B; Image: 30; Family History Library Film: 553096 / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday January 1, 1853
- The temperature on January 1, 1853 was about 4.2 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
- In the year 1853: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
- January 19 » Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore receives its premiere performance in Rome.
- April 16 » The Great Indian Peninsula Railway opens the first passenger rail in India, from Bori Bunder to Thane.
- July 2 » The Russian Army crosses the Pruth river into the Danubian Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia—providing the spark that will set off the Crimean War.
- July 25 » Joaquin Murrieta, the famous Californio bandit known as the "Robin Hood of El Dorado", is killed.
- October 4 » The Crimean War begins when the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Russian Empire.
- December 30 » Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.
Day of marriage September 23, 1920
- The temperature on September 23, 1920 was between 6.9 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 1920: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
- January 19 » The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.
- May 2 » The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.
- September 1 » The Fountain of Time opens as a tribute to the 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent.
- September 17 » The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Association in Canton, Ohio.
- November 1 » American fishing schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian fishing schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
- November 28 » Irish War of Independence: Kilmichael Ambush: The Irish Republican Army ambush a convoy of British Auxiliaries and kill seventeen.
Day of death December 21, 1924
- The temperature on December 21, 1924 was between 2.1 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 5.0 °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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
- January 25 » The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, in the French Alps, inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.
- February 1 » Russia–United Kingdom relations are restored, over six years after the Communist revolution.
- February 5 » The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal.
- February 8 » Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.
- November 4 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.
- December 20 » Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison.
Same birth/death day
- 1848 » John W. Goff, Irish-American lawyer and politician († 1924)
- 1852 » Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, French chemist and academic († 1904)
- 1854 » James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist and academic († 1941)
- 1854 » Thomas Waddell, Irish-Australian politician, 15th Premier of New South Wales († 1940)
- 1857 » Tim Keefe, American baseball player († 1933)
- 1859 » Michael Joseph Owens, American inventor († 1923)
- 1920 » Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, Somalian general, founded the Dervish movement (b. 1856)
- 1929 » I. L. Patterson, American politician, 18th Governor of Oregon (b. 1859)
- 1933 » Knud Rasmussen, Greenlandic anthropologist and explorer (b. 1879)
- 1935 » Kurt Tucholsky, German-Swedish journalist and author (b. 1890)
- 1935 » Ted Birnie, English footballer and manager (b. 1878)
- 1937 » Violette Neatley Anderson, American judge (b. 1882)
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The The Wells - Gierach Family publication was prepared by Deborah Gierach.
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