♂ Walter E Hicks

1847 - 1892

Walter E Hicks
Parents
Charles Hicks
Charles Hicks
1806 - 1879
Catherine Van Norden
Catherine Van Norden
1811 - 1903
Spouse
Siblings
Thomas R Hicks
Thomas R Hicks
1829 - 1908
Josephine Hicks
Josephine Hicks
1835 - 1921
Jessie Hicks
Jessie Hicks
1849 - 1875
 

Timeline

1840

Charles Hicks - 1840 Census

residence


In the two houses behind Charles Hicks, there is a Mrs. Van Norden aged 20-30, and then a Wm A Van Norden aged 40-50 years. Also living on the same page as Charles Hicks is an Abraham Van Norden. William Van Norden's brother James is also living in ward 14, on page 418. modified
1 Source ⇓
1840 • The first English translation of Goethe's Theory of Colours by Charles Eastlake is published.

1850


Age: 3y
1850 • The traditional date of Kansas City, Missouri's founding. This is the date on which it is incorporated by Jackson County, Missouri as the "Town of Kansas".

1888


Nov 20
Age: 41y
1888 • Frank Edward McGurrin, a court stenographer from Salt Lake City, Utah, purportedly the only person using touch typing at this time, wins a decisive victory over Louis Traub in a typing contest held in Cincinnati, Ohio. This date can be called the birthday of the touch typing method that is widely used now.

1888


Dec 22
Age: 42y

Location


New York, New York, USA ⇓
Walter E Hicks is exhibiting the new centrifugal dynamite gun
1888 • Seeking to extend Mahdist control over what is now southwestern Ethiopia, governor Khalil al-Khuzani is routed at the Battle of Guté Dili by an alliance of Shewan forces under Ras Gobana Dacche and Moroda Bekere, ruler of Leqa Naqamte. Only a handful, including Khalil, barely manage to flee the battle field.

1892


Mar 1
Age: 45y
Walter Hicks - Find a Grave

death


Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓
Death certificate was signed by Isaac Van Deusen - Walter's brother-in-law
1 Source ⇓
1892 • Inter-Parliamentary Bureau for Permanent Arbitration

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