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Personal data Catherine Higgins 


Household of Catherine Higgins

She is married to Christopher Shaw.

They got married on February 26, 1886, she was 20 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Joseph Patrick Shaw  1901-1968 
  2. Francis Shaw  1890-1917
  3. George Shaw  1898-????
  4. Catherine Shaw  1896-1960
  5. Rosanna Mary Shaw  1894-1897
  6. Charles Shaw  1891-1954
  7. Christopher Shaw  1888-1956 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Catherine Higgins

Catherine Higgins
1865-1902

1886

Christopher Shaw
1860-1904

Joseph Patrick Shaw
1901-1968
Francis Shaw
1890-1917
George Shaw
1898-????
Catherine Shaw
1896-1960
Rosanna Mary Shaw
1894-1897
Charles Shaw
1891-1954
Christopher Shaw
1888-1956
Christina Vivian Shaw
1886-1977

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Historical events

Birthday April 13, 1865

  • The temperature on April 13, 1865 was about 17.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 31 » American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief.
    • April 15 » President Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth. Vice President Andrew Johnson becomes President upon Lincoln's death.
    • April 26 » American Civil War: Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrenders his army to General William Tecumseh Sherman at the Bennett Place near Durham, North Carolina. Also the date of Confederate Memorial Day for two states.
    • May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate government was declared dissolved at Washington, Georgia.
    • July 31 » The first narrow-gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.
    • October 11 » Hundreds of black men and women march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.

Day of marriage February 26, 1886

  • The temperature on February 26, 1886 was about -0.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1886: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 1 » The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
    • May 1 » Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers' Day in many countries.
    • May 5 » The Bay View massacre: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven.
    • July 3 » Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
    • September 4 » American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
    • November 27 » German judge Emil Hartwich sustains fatal injuries in a duel, which would become the background for Theodor Fontane's Effi Briest.

Day of death December 26, 1902

  • The temperature on December 26, 1902 was between 4.1 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • April 18 » The 7.5 Mw  Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
    • April 20 » Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
    • May 8 » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
    • May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
    • June 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
    • December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.


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