Brief Life History of Anna I.
When Anna I. Wiley was born about 1867, in Irving, Montgomery, Illinois, United States, her father, John Aquilla Wiley, was 36 and her mother, Emily Lucinda Kelly, was 37. She married William Henry File on 22 November 1890, in Montgomery, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 31 May 1962, in Montgomery, Illinois, United States, at the age of 96.
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- Anna I File, "United States 1950 Census"
- Anna I Wiley, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Anna Wiley in entry for Chester Wiley File, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
1871
In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.
1892 · The Chicago Canal
The Chicago River Canal was built as a sewage treatment scheme to help the city's drinking water not to get contaminated. While the Canal was being constructed the Chicago River's flow was reversed so it could be treated before draining back out into Lake Michigan.
Name Meaning
English: from various places called with Old English wīg, wēoh ‘idol’ + lēah ‘wood, clearing’, such as Whyly in East Hoathly (Sussex), Whiligh in Ticehurst (Sussex), Weeley (Essex), Weoley (Worcestershire), and Willey (Surrey), or from any of the other places called Willey, such as those in Cheshire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, and Warwickshire, named with Old English wilig ‘willow’ + lēah, or from Wylye (Wiltshire), which takes its name from the river Wylye (of uncertain etymology).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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