Wetherill via Brouwer » Eliza Whitney (1826-1908)
Personal data Eliza Whitney
Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7- She was born on January 25, 1826 in Brownville, Jefferson, NY.Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Resident:
- in the year 1880: Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA.Source 2
- in the year 1860: Philadelphia Ward 7, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Source 1
- in the year 1850: Philadelphia South Mulberry Ward, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten.Source 3
- in the year 1870: Philadelphia Ward 7 Dist 18 (2nd Enum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten.Source 5
- She died on July 1, 1908 in Bristol, Bristol, RI, she was 82 years old.Source 4
- She is buried in Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island, USA.Source 4
- A child of Asa Whitney and Clarinda Williams
Household of Eliza Whitney
She is married to Mark Antony DeWolfe Howe.
They got married on June 9, 1857 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, she was 31 years old.Source 7
Child(ren):
- Mark Antony Dewolf Howe 1864-1960
- Wallis Eastburn Howe 1868-1960
- Rosemary Howe ± 1890-± 1950
- John Howe ± 1895-± 1970
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Sources
- 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1860; Census Place: Philadelphia Ward 7, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1157; Page: 491; Family History Library Film: 805157 / Ancestry.com
- 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Year: 1880; Census Place: Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1101; Family History Film: 1255101; Page: 243D; Enumeration District: 050; Image: 0661 / Ancestry.com
- 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1850; Census Place: Philadelphia South Mulberry Ward, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_815; Page: 306A; Image: 188 / Ancestry.com
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- 1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1870; Census Place: Philadelphia Ward 7 Dist 18 (2nd Enum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1420; Page: 575A; Image: 301896; Family History Library Film: 552919 / Ancestry.com
- (Not public)
- Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, Ancestry.com, Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Collection Name: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 231 / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday January 25, 1826
- The temperature on January 25, 1826 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: betrokken dampig. 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 year 1826: Source: Wikipedia
- January 30 » The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales, is opened.
- March 13 » Pope Leo XII publishes the apostolic constitution Quo Graviora in which he renewed the prohibition on Catholics joining freemasonry.
- April 1 » Samuel Morey received a patent for a compressionless "Gas or Vapor Engine".
- April 10 » The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town of Missolonghi begin leaving the town after a year's siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.
- September 11 » Captain William Morgan, an ex-freemason is arrested in Batavia, New York for debt after declaring that he would publish The Mysteries of Free Masonry, a book against Freemasonry. This sets into motion the events that lead to his mysterious disappearance.
- October 7 » The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.
Day of marriage June 9, 1857
- The temperature on June 9, 1857 was about 16.3 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. 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.
- January 9 » The 7.9 Mw Fort Tejon earthquake shakes Central and Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent).
- May 6 » The East India Company disbands the 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry whose sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolted against the British in the lead up to the War of Indian Independence.
- May 10 » Indian Rebellion of 1857: In India, the first war of Independence begins. Sepoys mutiny against their commanding officers at Meerut.
- September 11 » The Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah.
- September 12 » The SSCentral America sinks about 160 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, drowning a total of 426 passengers and crew, including Captain William Lewis Herndon. The ship was carrying 13–15 tons of gold from the California Gold Rush.
- December 31 » Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa, then a small logging town, as the capital of the Province of Canada.
Day of death July 1, 1908
- The temperature on July 1, 1908 was between 10.5 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 14.7 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
- April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
- July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
- July 25 » Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.
- September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
- October 6 » The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- October 14 » The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning the 2016 World Series.
Same birth/death day
- 1813 » J. Marion Sims, American gynecologist and physician († 1883)
- 1816 » Anna Gardner, American abolitionist and teacher († 1901)
- 1822 » Charles Reed Bishop, American businessman, philanthropist, and politician, founded the Bishop Museum († 1915)
- 1822 » William McDougall, Canadian lawyer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories († 1905)
- 1823 » José María Iglesias, Mexican politician and interim President (1876–1877) († 1891)
- 1824 » Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Indian poet and playwright († 1873)
- 1884 » Allan Pinkerton, Scottish-American detective and spy (b. 1819)
- 1896 » Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author and activist (b. 1811)
- 1905 » John Hay, American journalist and politician, 37th United States Secretary of State (b. 1838)
- 1912 » Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter (b. 1875)
- 1925 » Erik Satie, French pianist and composer (b. 1866)
- 1934 » Ernst Röhm, German paramilitary commander (b. 1887)
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