Wilson Family Tree » Catherine Patterson 'Katie' Smith Griffith (1854-1925)
Personal data Catherine Patterson 'Katie' Smith Griffith
Source 1Sources 2, 3- She was born on August 31, 1854 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.Sources 2, 3
- Resident:
- in the year 1900: Brownstown, Kanawha, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten.Source 3
- in the year 1870: Washington, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA.Source 2
- (Arrival) in the year 1855.Source 3
- She died on June 11, 1925 in Kanawha, West Virginia, USA, she was 70 years old.
- She is buried in Brier Creek, Kanawha County, West Virginia.
- A child of John Smith and Marion Marjorie Flemings
Household of Catherine Patterson 'Katie' Smith Griffith
She is married to Oscar Gay Griffith.
They got married on January 8, 1880 at Kanawha, West Virginia, United States, she was 25 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
- May Griffith 1880-1883
- Mary Edith Griffith 1884-1961
- Mary Griffith 1885-????
- Jennie Griffith 1885-1906
- Grace Griffith 1887-1977
- Ada M Griffith 1890-1954
- Oscar William Griffith 1892-1954
- Ira Griffith 1894-????
- Iva Griffith 1894-1932
- Ida Griffith 1894-1995
- Garred Bernard Griffith 1896-1945
- Eunice Griffith 1898-1975
- Georgie Griffith 1902-1932
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Sources
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=152903018&pid=122
/ Ancestry.com - 1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1870; Census Place: Washington, Kanawha, West Virginia; Roll: M593_1690; Page: 282A; Family History Library Film: 553189 / Ancestry.com
- 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1900; Census Place: Brownstown, Kanawha, West Virginia; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0054; FHL microfilm: 1241762 / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday August 31, 1854
- The temperature on August 31, 1854 was about 15.0 °C. There was 403 mm of rainWind direction mainly north. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: . 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).
- From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
- In the year 1854: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
- January 21 » The RMS Tayleur sinks off Lambay Island on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Australia with great loss of life.
- March 20 » The Republican Party of the United States is organized in Ripon, Wisconsin, US.
- March 31 » Commodore Matthew Perry signs the Convention of Kanagawa with the Tokugawa Shogunate, opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade.
- September 20 » Crimean War: British and French troops defeat Russians at the Battle of Alma.
- October 6 » In England the Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead leads to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.
- October 25 » The Battle of Balaclava takes place during the Crimean War. It is soon memorialized in verse as The Charge of the Light Brigade.
Day of marriage January 8, 1880
- The temperature on January 8, 1880 was about 3.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 78 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)
- 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.
- June 7 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
- June 28 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
- June 29 » France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".
- 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.
- September 1 » The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
- 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.
Day of death June 11, 1925
- The temperature on June 11, 1925 was between 11.0 °C and 30.2 °C and averaged 20.7 °C. There was 14.5 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
- April 16 » During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
- May 30 » May Thirtieth Movement: Shanghai Municipal Police Force shoot and kill 13 protesting workers.
- July 21 » Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching human evolution in class and fined $100.
- October 30 » John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter.
- November 5 » Secret agent Sidney Reilly, the first "super-spy" of the 20th century, is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union.
- December 11 » Roman Catholic papal encyclical Quas primas introduces the Feast of Christ the King.
Same birth/death day
- 1834 » Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and educator († 1886)
- 1842 » Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, American journalist, publisher, and activist († 1924)
- 1843 » Georg von Hertling, German academic and politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire († 1919)
- 1870 » Maria Montessori, Italian physician and educator († 1952)
- 1871 » James E. Ferguson, American banker and politician, 26th Governor of Texas († 1944)
- 1878 » Frank Jarvis, American sprinter and lawyer († 1933)
- 1914 » Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1848)
- 1920 » William F. Halsey, Sr., American captain (b. 1853)
- 1924 » Théodore Dubois, French organist, composer, and educator (b. 1837)
- 1927 » William Attewell, English cricketer (b. 1861)
- 1934 » Lev Vygotsky, Belarusian-Russian psychologist and theorist (b. 1896)
- 1936 » Robert E. Howard, American author and poet (b. 1906)
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