Brief Life History of Helen A.
When Helen A. Torrey was born on 6 June 1849, in Augusta, Augusta, Oneida, New York, United States, her father, William Gardner Torrey, was 30 and her mother, Serepta Orsborn, was 34. She married Joseph Manning Fisk on 28 August 1870, in Lawrence, Lawrence Township, Van Buren, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Marshall, Oneida, New York, United States in 1860. She died on 17 January 1923, in Lawrence, Lawrence Township, Van Buren, Michigan, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Lawrence, Lawrence Township, Van Buren, Michigan, United States.
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- Hellen Torrey in household of Wm G Torrey, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Helen A. Torrey - Published information: Family genealogies: birth: 5 June 1849; Augusta, Oneida, New York, United States
- Helen A Torrey, "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940"
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World Events (8)
1854 · Creation of the Republican Party
A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Tory . This form of the surname is rare in Britain and Ireland.
Scottish (Argyll): variant of Torrie . This form of the surname is rare in Britain and Ireland.
History: A Josiah Torrey was in Boston before 1680. John Torrey (1796–1873) was a botanist and teacher born in NY who catalogued many North American plants.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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