Brief Life History of William A
When William A Warren was born in 1849, in Missouri, United States, his father, Anderson Warren, was 42 and his mother, Frances Warren, was 27. He lived in Williams Township, Benton, Missouri, United States in 1850 and Benton, Missouri, United States in 1860. He died in Union Township, Iron, Missouri, United States.
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- William Warren in household of Anderson Warren, "United States Census, 1860"
- William Warren in household of Anderson Warren, "United States Census, 1870"
- William A Warren in household of Anderson Warren, "United States Census, 1850"
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World Events (8)
1857
Historical Boundaries 1857: Iron County created from parts of Madison,Reynolds, St. Francois, Washington, and Wayne counties.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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 (of Norman origin): from the Middle English (Old French) personal name Warin, Werin, a borrowing of ancient Germanic Warino, a short form of various compound names based on the element warin ‘protection, shelter’ or ‘guard’. Compare Waring .
English and Irish (of Norman origin): habitational name from La Varrenne in Seine-Maritime, France, named with a Gaulish element probably descriptive of alluvial land or sandy soil. This was the name of a major Norman family after the Conquest. In Ireland, this name has been Gaelicized as Bharain.
Irish: adopted as an English form of Gaelic Ó Murnáin (see Murnane , Warner ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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