Turner Family Tree » Ruth Godfrey (1770-1857)
Personal data Ruth Godfrey
Source 1- She was born on March 19, 1770 in Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- She died on August 7, 1857 in Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada, she was 87 years old.
- A child of John Godfrey and Ruth Headly
Household of Ruth Godfrey
She is married to Lemuel Scott.
They got married on April 10, 1787, she was 17 years old.
Child(ren):
- Abijah Scott 1788-1823
- John Scott 1790-1834
- Sarah Scott 1792-1830
- William Scott 1794-1822
- Mary Scott 1796-1858
- Joseph Scott 1798-1834
- Lemuel Scott 1800-1883
- George Edmund Scott 1805-1893
- Ruth Ann Scott 1808-1857
- Lucy Scott 1811-????
- Frances Scott 1814-????
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Historical events
Birthday March 19, 1770
- The temperature on March 19, 1770 was about 0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: sneeuw omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: ijs. Source: KNMI
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1770: Source: Wikipedia
- April 20 » The Georgian king, Erekle II, abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben, wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza.
- April 29 » James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names.
- July 1 » Lexell's Comet is seen closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history, approaching to a distance of 0.0146 astronomical units (2,180,000km; 1,360,000mi).
- July 7 » The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.
- August 22 » James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.
- November 14 » James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.
Day of marriage April 10, 1787
- The temperature on April 10, 1787 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1787: Source: Wikipedia
- May 25 » After a delay of 11 days, the United States Constitutional Convention formally convenes in Philadelphia after a quorum of seven states is secured.
- August 6 » Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- September 17 » The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
- September 28 » The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly-written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.
- October 1 » Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
- December 7 » Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.
Day of death August 7, 1857
- The temperature on August 7, 1857 was about 23.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. 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 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.
- March 3 » Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.
- May 26 » Dred Scott is emancipated by the Blow family, his original owners.
- June 1 » Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal is published.
- July 27 » Indian Rebellion: Sixty-eight men hold out for eight days against a force of 2,500 to 3,000 mutinying sepoys and 8,000 irregular forces.
- November 16 » Second relief of Lucknow: Twenty-four Victoria Crosses are awarded, the most in a single day.
- December 31 » Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa, then a small logging town, as the capital of the Province of Canada.
Same birth/death day
- 1734 » Thomas McKean, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of Pennsylvania († 1817)
- 1739 » Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, French lawyer and politician († 1824)
- 1742 » Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian rebel leader († 1781)
- 1748 » Elias Hicks, American farmer, minister, and theologian († 1830)
- 1778 » Edward Pakenham, Anglo-Irish general and politician († 1815)
- 1809 » Fredrik Pacius, German composer and conductor († 1891)
- 1817 » Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French economist and politician (b. 1739)
- 1834 » Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor, invented the Jacquard loom (b. 1752)
- 1848 » Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic (b. 1779)
- 1855 » Mariano Arista, Mexican general and politician, 19th President of Mexico (b. 1802)
- 1864 » Li Xiucheng, Chinese field marshal (b. 1823)
- 1893 » Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (b. 1854)
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Bill Turner, "Turner Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/turner-family-tree/P161.php : accessed May 12, 2025), "Ruth Godfrey (1770-1857)".