Tietze Family Tree » Elizabeth (libby) Jane Showers (1859-1928)

Personal data Elizabeth (libby) Jane Showers 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4

Household of Elizabeth (libby) Jane Showers

She had a relationship with Joshua Rogers Bigham.


Child(ren):

  1. George E Bigham  ± 1888-????
  2. Henry Jerome Bigham  1889-1940
  3. Rachel Clara Bigham  1891-1963 
  4. Alta L Bigham  ± 1894-????
  5. Angus Wilson Bigham  1914-1917

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Elizabeth (libby) Jane Showers

Elizabeth (libby) Jane Showers
1859-1928


Joshua Rogers Bigham
1852-1942

George E Bigham
± 1888-????
Henry Jerome Bigham
1889-1940
Rachel Clara Bigham
1891-1963
Alta L Bigham
± 1894-????
Angus Wilson Bigham
1914-1917

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Sources

  1. 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 8, Van Zandt, Texas; Roll: T624_1596; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0121; FHL microfilm: 1375609 / Ancestry.com
  2. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  3. 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1920; Census Place: Justice Precinct 2, Wood, Texas; Roll: T625_1860; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 145; Image: . / Ancestry.com
  4. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees
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Historical events

Birthday December 9, 1859

  • The temperature on December 9, 1859 was about 2.6 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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).
  • From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
  • In the year 1859: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • June 18 » First ascent of Aletschhorn, second summit of the Bernese Alps.
    • July 8 » King Charles XV & IV accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.
    • July 30 » First ascent of Grand Combin, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
    • August 16 » The Grand Duchy of Tuscany formally deposes the exiled House of Lorraine.
    • September 17 » Joshua A. Norton declares himself "Norton I, Emperor of the United States."
    • December 2 » Militant abolitionist leader John Brown is hanged for his October 16 raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

Day of death May 18, 1928

  • The temperature on May 18, 1928 was between 3.7 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1928: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
    • January 7 » A disastrous flood of the River Thames kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London.
    • January 31 » Leon Trotsky is exiled to Alma-Ata.
    • March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
    • July 7 » Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
    • November 12 » SSVestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.
    • December 6 » The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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