Brief Life History of Hester Katherine
When Hester Katherine Wilson was born on 28 March 1842, in Lee, Virginia, United States, her father, George W Wilson, was 25 and her mother, Mary Catherine Crabtree, was 19. She married Alexander Vance on 27 October 1868, in Wise, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Lee, Lee, Virginia, United States in 1850 and Tacoma, Wise, Virginia, United States in 1900. She died on 10 February 1916, in Gladeville, Wise, Virginia, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Wise, Virginia, United States.
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- Hetie K Gilliam in household of John Gilliam, "United States Census, 1880"
- H Vance, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Hester K. Wilson, "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1856 · Name change
Name changed from Big Glades to Gladesville in 1856.
1862 · The Battle of Fredericksburg
The Battle of Fredericksburg involved 200,000 troops with General Ambrose Burnside of the army of the Potomac against General Lee’s Army of the North.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Will + patronymic -son ‘son of Will’. Will was a very common medieval short form of William . This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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