Vandenberg Tree » Hester Branson (1816-1876)

Personal data Hester Branson 

  • She was born in the year 1816 in Indiana, Verenigde Staten.
  • Census in the year 1850, District No. 2, Hopkins County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten.
  • Census in the year 1860, Hopkins County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten.
  • She died on February 4, 1876 in prob Illinois, Verenigde Staten, she was 60 years old.

Household of Hester Branson

She is married to George Washington Prather.

They got married at prob Kentucky, Verenigde Staten.


Child(ren):

  1. James Tower Prather  1852-1934 

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Historical events

Day of death February 4, 1876

  • The temperature on February 4, 1876 was about 1.1 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
    • May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
    • June 4 » An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
    • June 17 » American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud: 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory.
    • June 25 » Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
    • October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.


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