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Familypedia people who were born on this day   Father Mother Birth place Rafael Abasolo (1849-1900) Madrid, Spain Abiel Abbot (1741-1809) John Abbot (1704-1793) Phebe Fiske (1712-1802) Andover, Massachusetts, United States Hugh Adair (1848-1916) Thomas Adair (1798-1868) Martha Thomasine Matilda White (1821-1909) Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Hugh Montgomery Adair (1840-1910) Walter Scott Adair (1791-1854) Nancy Nerche Harris (1807-1884) Flint District, Oklahoma, United States James Warren Adair (1827-1876) Walter Scott Adair (1791-1854) Nancy Nerche Harris (1807-1884) Oothcaloga Valley, Gordon County, Georgia, United States Albert Adams (1880-1959) George William Adams (1843-1913) Mary Ann Brown (1849-1916) Cooma, New South Wales, Australia Edna Earl Adams (1878-1952) Martin Franklin Adams (c1851-bef1884) Sarah Jane May (1848-c1909) Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States Henry Daniel Adams (1844-1920) Henry Adams (1797-1866) Elizabeth Clarke (1822-1870) Kiama, New South Wales, Australia Jonathan Adams (1620-1690) Henry Adams (1582-1646) Edith Squire (1587-1673) Barton St David, Somerset, England ... further results Familypedia people who died on this day   Father Mother Death place Age at death Arunah Shepardson Abell (1806-1888) Caleb Abell (1763-1842) Elona Shepardson (1767-1847) Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States John Adair (1827-1864) James Adair (1778-) Elizabeth Skidmore (1792-1864) Bruce County, Ontario, Canada William Robert Adair (1690-1762) Robert Adair (1659-1745) Penelope Coleville (1654-1695) Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Hettie Millicent Adams (1872-1957) Jerome Jefferson Adams (1835-1902) Mary Angeline Frost (1836-1919) Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States Michael Aderhold (1844-1923) Mexico City, State of Mexico, Mexico Charles Arbuthnot (1737-1820) James Arbuthnot (-1770) Margaret Gordon (c1710-) Germany 83 John Averett (1780-1847) Aaron Averett (1748-1789) Martha Dinah Ray (1750-1789) Pleasant Hill, Pike County, Illinois, United States Joel Baldwin (1796-1850) Timothy Baldwin (1762-1823) Prudence Chapman (1768-1846) Billerica, Massachusetts, United States 54 James Thomas John Bean (1753-1839) Thomas Bean (1709-1761) Elizabeth Pitt (1716-1760) Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia 86 ... further results Familypedia people who were first married on this day   Father Mother Joined with-g1 Wedding1 place Hendrik Egbertsz (c1565-) Josje Jacobs (c1570-) Enkhuizen Josje Jacobs (c1570-) Hendrik Egbertsz (c1565-) Enkhuizen Emeline Rebecca Adair (1847-1927) George Washington Adair (1818-1897) Miriam Jane Billingsley (1829-1912) William James Baldwin (1844-1908) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States Andrew Angell (1742-1792) Jeremiah Angell (1707-1788) Mary Mathewson (1710-1748) Tabitha Harris (1743-1821) Scituate, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States Jonathan Ashby (1717-1797) Jonathan Ashby (1694-1729) Jeminah Felt (1696-1769) Mary Dean (1718-1751) Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Joseph Howland Auchincloss (1886-1968) John Winthrop Auchincloss (1853-1938) Joanna Hone Russell (1856-1930) Priscilla Dixon Stanton (1888-1972) New York City, New York County, New York, United States Jacob Bakker (1779-aft1823) Pieter Bakker (c1750-1785) Guurtje Akkerman (c1750-1813) Marijtje Leurs (c1790-1815) Wervershoof Nathaniel Ball II (1663-1728) Nathaniel Ball (1625-1705) Mary Mousall (1619-1669) Mary Brooks (1663-1722) Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Henry Baring (1776-1848) Francis Baring, 1st Bart (1740-1810) Harriet Herring (1750-1804) Maria Matilda Bingham (1783-1849) St.Pancras Old Church, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom ... further results Familypedia people who had their second wedding (or first after a liaison) on this day   Father Mother Joined with-g2 Wedding2 place William James Baldwin (1844-1908) Caleb Clark Baldwin (1817-1905) Ann Eliza Robinson (1819-1873) Emeline Rebecca Adair (1847-1927) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States Maria Matilda Bingham (1783-1849) William Bingham (1752-1804) Ann Willing (1764-1801) Henry Baring (1776-1848) St.Pancras Old Church, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom David Kipp Conover (1941-2013) David Kipp Conover Sr. (1895-1985) Virginia Ailene Swift (1913-2002) Eda Elizabeth Ours Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, United States (Justice of the Peace, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia) Hugh Alfred Rankin Cox (1852-1941) Edgar Cox (1822-1901) Mary Andrewina Piper (1827-1882) Elizabeth Donoghue (1863-1933) Wilbertree, Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia Lillian May Craig (1886-1973) William John Craig (c1848-1887) Charlotte Bowley (1847-1907) Garsham Charles Barnes (1874-1939) Norwood, South Australia, Australia Thomas Rowell Hamblin (1862-1941) William Haynes Hamblin (1830-1872) Mary Amelia Leavitt (1832-1893) Mary Malvina Coons (1880-1924) Eden, Graham County, Arizona Thomas Rowell Hamblin ( 1862-1941) William Haynes Hamblin (1830-1872) Mary Amelia Leavitt (1832-1893) Mary Malvina Coons (1880-1924) Eden, Graham County, Arizona Aafje Knaapjes (1796-1882) Gerrit Knaapjes (-) Aafje Vijg (-) Jacob Dudink (c1823-1857) Hoogkarspel, North Holland, Netherlands Hendrik Koster (1816-1883) Gerrit Koster (1770-1825) Neeltje Warnaar (1773-1825) Antje Meester (1823-1905) Opperdoes, North Holland, Netherlands ... further results

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