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.
    • January 15 » Forty people die when ice covering the boating lake at Regent's Park, London, collapses.
    • April 1 » Singapore becomes a British crown colony.
    • May 29 » The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
    • 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.
    • December 2 » At Tremont Temple in Boston, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.
  • 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 5 » The 6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Prague Party Conference) opens. In the course of the conference, Vladimir Lenin and his supporters break from the rest of the party to form the Bolshevik movement.
    • January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
    • February 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
    • February 29 » The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
    • April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
    • August 14 » U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier.


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Source: Wikipedia


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