Whittington families » Josiah Wedgwood, III (1795-1880)

Personal data Josiah Wedgwood, III 

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Household of Josiah Wedgwood, III

Waarschuwing Attention: Wife (Caroline Sarah DARWIN (WEDGWOOD)) is also his cousin.

He is married to Caroline Sarah DARWIN (WEDGWOOD).

They got married on August 1, 1837 at St. Chad, Shrewsbury, England, he was 42 years old.

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Child(ren):

  2. Sophy Marianne WEDGWOOD  ± 1840-1911

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  1. Geni World Family Tree, via http://www.myheritage.com/research/colle...

    Josiah Wedgewood, III (born Wedgewood)
    Gender: Male
    Birth: Jan 12 1795
    Death: Mar 11 1880 - Dorking, Surrey, UK
    Father: Josiah Wedgwood II
    Mother: Elizabeth Allen
    Wife: Caroline Sarah Wedgewood (born Darwin)
    Children: Sophia Mary Wedgewood (born Wedgwood), Sophy Wedgewood (born Wedgwood), Margaret Susan Wedgewood (born Wedgwood), Lucy Caroline Wedgewood
    Siblings: Francis Wedgewood, Hensleigh Wedgwood, Emma Darwin (born Wedgwood)

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    Josiah Wedgwood, III
    Gender: Male
    Birth: Jan 12 1795
    Marriage: Aug 1 1837 - St. Chad, Shrewsbury, England
    Death: Mar 11 1880 - Leith Hill Place, Daking
    Father: Josiah Wedgwood, II
    Mother: Elizabeth Wedgwood (born Allen)
    Wife: Caroline Sarah Wedgwood (born Darwin)
    Children: Sophia Marianne WedgwoodCatherine Elizabeth Sophy WedgwoodLucy Caroline WedgwoodMargaret Vaughan Williams (born Wedgwood)
    Siblings: Francis WedgwoodHensleigh WedgwoodEmma WedgwoodHenry Allen WedgwoodCharlotte WedgwoodSarah Elizabeth WedgwoodMary Ann WedgwoodFrances Wedgwood

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  3. FamilySearch Family Tree, via http://www.myheritage.com/research/colle...

    Josiah Wedgwood
    Birth names: Josiah III WedgwoodJosiah Wedgewood
    Gender: Male
    Birth: 1795 - Staffordshire, England
    Marriage: Spouse: Carolyn Sarah Darwin - Aug 2 1837 - Shrewsbury, England
    Death: 1880
    Burial: Cold Harbour
    Parents: Josiah II Wedgwood, Elizabeth Allen
    Wife: Carolyn Sarah Darwin
    Children: Sophy Marianne Wedgwood, Sophia Wedgwood, Lucy Caroline Wedgwood, Margaret Susan Wedgwood
    Siblings: Hensleigh Wedgewood, Charlotte Wedgewood, Henry Allen Wedgewood, Mary Anne Wedgwood, Frances " Fanny" Wedgwood, Emma Wedgwood, Sarah ElizabethWedgewood, Francis Wedgwood

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Birthday January 12, 1795

  • The temperature on January 12, 1795 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  •  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 1795: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 16 » French Revolutionary Wars: In what became known as Cornwallis's Retreat, a British Royal Navy squadron led by Vice Admiral William Cornwallis strongly resists a much larger French Navy force and withdraws largely intact, setting up the French Navy defeat at the Battle of Groix six days later.
    • June 17 » The burghers of Swellendam expel the Dutch East India Company magistrate and declare a republic.
    • September 15 » Britain seizes the Dutch Cape Colony in southern Africa to prevent its use by the Batavian Republic.
    • October 3 » Slave rebel leader Tula is executed in Curaçao.
    • October 4 » Napoleon first rises to prominence by suppressing counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the National Convention.
    • October 27 » The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Madrid, which establishes the boundaries between Spanish colonies and the U.S.

Day of marriage August 1, 1837

  • The temperature on August 1, 1837 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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 1837: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • June 11 » The Broad Street Riot occurs in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between Yankees and Irish.
    • July 4 » Grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool.
    • November 7 » In Alton, Illinois, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy is shot dead by a mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time.
    • November 8 » Mary Lyon founds Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, which later becomes Mount Holyoke College.
    • November 17 » An earthquake in Valdivia, south-central Chile, causes a tsunami that leads to significant destruction along Japan's coast.
    • December 25 » Second Seminole War: American general Zachary Taylor leads 1,100 troops against the Seminoles at the Battle of Lake Okeechobee.

Day of death March 11, 1880

  • The temperature on March 11, 1880 was about 5.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1880: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 27 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
    • February 13 » Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission.
    • July 27 » Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
    • August 14 » Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
    • September 16 » The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the United States' oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
    • November 11 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.


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