When Henry Lee Winslow was born on 12 June 1871, in Grayling, Crawford, Michigan, United States, his father, George Winslow, was 23 and his mother, Frances Elizabeth Smith, was 16. He married Mary E Webster on 15 May 1893, in Lapeer, Michigan, United States. He lived in Arcadia Township, Lapeer, Michigan, United States in 1880 and Grayling Township, Crawford, Michigan, United States in 1900. He died on 18 June 1918, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Ellensburg, Kittitas, Washington, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1883: Kittitas, Washington Territory, United States 1889: Kittitas, Washington, United States
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
English: habitational name from Winslow in Buckinghamshire. The placename derives from the Old English personal name Wine (genitive Wines) + Old English hlāw ‘mound, hill’.
History: Edward Winslow (1595–1655), one of the founders of the Plymouth Colony who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620, was born in Droitwich, Worcestershire, England. He was a governor of the colony and also served as agent of the Massachusetts Bay Company in France. In 1621 he married Susanna, the widow of William White, the first marriage in New England. Their son Josiah (c. 1629–80) was governor of Plymouth Colony from 1673 to 1680, the first native-born governor in North America. He had numerous prominent descendents.
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