Brief Life History of Edgar Henry
When Edgar Henry Dorsey was born on 5 May 1878, in Linwood, Butler, Nebraska, United States, his father, James Henry Dorsey, was 45 and his mother, Emily Jane Eldridge, was 36. He married Teresa Wilhelmine "Minnie" Kuenster on 19 December 1906, in Porterville, Tulare, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Mariposa, California, United States in 1935 and Judicial Township 4, Mariposa, California, United States in 1940. He died on 19 April 1949, in Madera, Madera, California, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Porterville Cemetery, Porterville, Tulare, California, United States.
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- Edgar H Dorsey, "United States Census, 1940"
- Edgar Henry Dorsey, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
- Edgar H Dorsey, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
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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.
1893
Historical Boundaries: 1893: Madera, California, United States
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
English (East Yorkshire): of French origin, a habitational name, with French preposition d(e), from Orsay in Seine-et-Orne, France, or from Orçay in Loire-et-Cher, recorded in the 13th century as Orceiacum, from the Latin personal name Orcius + the locative suffix -acum.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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