Wetherill via Brouwer » William Henry Acheson (± 1855-1912)

Personal data William Henry Acheson 

Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4

Household of William Henry Acheson

(1) He is married to Elizabeth (Lizzie) Jane Liggett.

They got married on April 11, 1867 at Co., of Down, Ireland.Source 5


Child(ren):

  1. William George Acheson  1871-???? 


(2) He has/had a relationship with Elizabeth Leggett.


Child(ren):

  1. Samual Acheson  1870-????

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Henry Acheson

William Henry Acheson
± 1855-1912

(1) 1867
(2) 

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  2. New York, New York, Death Index, 1862-1948, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  3. Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  4. U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925, Ancestry.com, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; NARA Series: Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925; Roll #: 389; Volume #: Roll 0389 - Certificates: 61301-61600, 04 Aug 1917-08 Aug 1917 / Ancestry.com
  5. Ireland, Select Marriages, 1619-1898, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

Historical events

  • The temperature on April 11, 1867 was about 6.4 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 40 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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 June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 17 » The first ship passes through the Suez Canal.
    • April 1 » Singapore becomes a British crown colony.
    • May 15 » Canadian Bank of Commerce opens for business in Toronto, Ontario. The bank would later merge with Imperial Bank of Canada to become what is CIBC in 1961.
    • July 1 » The British North America Act takes effect as the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia join into confederation to create the modern nation of Canada. Sir John A. Macdonald is sworn in as the first Prime Minister of Canada. This date is commemorated annually in Canada as Canada Day, a national holiday.
    • August 28 » The United States takes possession of the (at this point unoccupied) Midway Atoll.
    • November 23 » The Manchester Martyrs are hanged in Manchester, England, for killing a police officer while freeing two Irish Republican Brotherhood members from custody.
  • The temperature on October 6, 1912 was between -3.0 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 6 » New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
    • January 11 » Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
    • April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
    • May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
    • September 28 » Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.
    • October 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia


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