Brief Life History of William Brown
When William Brown Chalmers was born on 25 August 1849, in Netherley, Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Chalmers, was 28 and his mother, Elizabeth Jamieson, was 23. He married Ann Napier on 1 February 1884, in Hilo, Hawaii, Hawaii, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Cookney, Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom for about 20 years and Hilo, Hawaii, Hawaii, United States for about 30 years. He died on 6 May 1937, in Wainaku, Hawaii, Hawaii, United States, at the age of 87.
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- William Chalmers in household of Joseph Chalmers, "Scotland Census, 1881"
- William Brown Chalmers, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- William Chalmers, "Hawaii, Marriages, 1826-1954"
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1854 · Great North of Scotland Railway
Being one of the two smallest railways in 1923, the Great North of Scotland Railway carried its first passengers from Kittybrewster to Huntly in 1854. In the 1880s the railways were refurbished to give express services to the suburban parts in Aberdeen. There were junctions with the Highland Railway established to help connect Aberdeenshire, Banffshire and Moray counties. The railway started to deliver goods from the North Sean and from the whisky distilleries in Speyside. With the implementation of bus services and the purchase of the British Railway the Great North of Scotland Railway was discontinued.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
Scottish: from Older Scots chalmer ‘chamberlain’; compare Chambers . The mb was assimilated to mm; the l was purely graphic, indicating that the preceding a was long.
English: possibly a localized form of Challinor (see Challender ), with dissimilation of ln to lm in Chalner.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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