When William Rodeback was born about 1809, in Newlin Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, George Rodeback, was 33 and his mother, Ruth Passmore, was 28. He married Jane Logey on 29 August 1827, in Allegany, Allegany, Cattaraugus, New York, United States. He died in Iowa, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Probably the most successful of all the Old French names of Germanic origin that were introduced to England by the Normans. It is derived from Germanic wil ‘will, desire’ + helm ‘helmet, protection’. The fact that it was borne by the Conqueror himself does not seem to have inhibited its favour with the ‘conquered’ population: in the first century after the Conquest it was the commonest male name of all, and not only among the Normans. In the later Middle Ages it was overtaken by John , but continued to run second to that name until the 20th century, when the picture became more fragmented.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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