♀ Mary Ellen Gristy

1868 - 1904

Mary Ellen Gristy
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Walter Arthur Johnson
Walter Arthur Johnson
1867 - 1929
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1868


May 11
1868 • The population of Japan reaches c. 30 million.

1895


Age: 26y
1895 George Washington Vanderbilt II officially opens his "Biltmore House" estate, inviting his family to celebrate his new home in Asheville, North Carolina.

1897


May 18
Age: 29y
1897 June 22 The Diamond Jubilee is celebrated in the United Kingdom to honour Queen Victoria's 60 years on the throne.Anne E. Keeling, Great Britain and Her Queen (Echo Library, 2008) p77 No other British monarch will celebrate such a jubilee until June 2, 2012, when the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II is observed.

1899


Age: 30y

birth of child


Charles Arthur Johnson
1899 • Japan gets the right of extraterritoriality.

1901


Age: 32y
1901 • The final spike is driven into the Mombasa-Victoria-Uganda Railway in what is now Kisumu, Kenya.

1901


Age: 32y

birth of child


Vesta Helen Johnson
1901 • The Sultan of Turkey orders 50,000 troops to the Bulgarian frontier because of unrest in Macedonia

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