When Mary Thankful Wiltse was born on 23 March 1853, in Greene, New York, United States, her father, James Van Slyck Wiltse, was 31 and her mother, Elizabeth Maginnis, was 31. She lived in Sanford, Broome, New York, United States in 1905 and Westchester, New York, United States in 1920. She died on 28 April 1936, in Bedford, Bedford, Westchester, New York, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Ashland Cemetery, Ashland, Greene, New York, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Dutch: variant of Wiltsee, possibly a nickname meaning ‘wild sea’, given to a child born at sea, or an altered form of Luxembourgish Wiltz . The surname Wiltse(e) is not found in the Netherlands.
History: Hendrick Martenszen Wiltse or, in some early records, Wiltsee (c. 1623–1712) lived in Wiltwyck, New Amsterdam in New Netherland (now New York City, NY), by 1660, the time of his marriage. At that time his surname (nickname) was Van Coppenhagen, but the capital of Denmark is not likely to be the place of his origin. He is said to have been born aboard a ship enroute to NY. Philippe Maton de Wiltz from Luxembourg, who died 1632 in NY, has been identified by some as his father.
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