Brief Life History of Charlotte
When Charlotte Willard was born on 16 September 1858, in Galt, Ontario, Canada West, British Colonial America, her father, Henry Willard, was 37 and her mother, Amy McKay, was 27. She married Henry Wilson on 9 January 1877, in Hoxie's Settlement, Macomb, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Olalla, Kitsap, Washington, United States in 1900 and Colby, Kitsap, Washington, United States for about 10 years. She died on 13 September 1936, in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States.
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- Charlotte Willard in household of Henry Willard, "United States Census, 1870"
- 1877 MARRIAGE: USA, MI, Macomb Co., Charlotte Willard, "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940"
- Charlott Wilson, "California Death Index, 1905-1939"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco
The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English (Sussex, Kent, and Surrey): from the Middle English personal name Willard, representing either Old English Wilheard or Old French Willard (ancient Germanic Willihard), the source of both of which consists of elements meaning ‘will, desire’ + ‘hardy, brave’. The name may also derive from the Middle English personal name Withelard, shortened to Willard (Old French, ancient Germanic Widelard).
German: variant of Willhardt (see Willert ) and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this.
History: Simon Willard (1605–76) came from Horsmonden, Kent, England, to Boston, MA, in 1634. In that year he became one of the founders of Cambridge, MA, and the following year (1635) was a founder of Concord, MA. Twenty years later, in 1659, he was a founder of Lancaster, MA. Simon Willard was involved in numerous confrontations with the Native Americans, in particular in ‘King Philip's War’ of 1675–76. He had seventeen children and was the ancestor of many prominent Americans.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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