Brief Life History of Hiram Thomas
When Hiram Thomas Delano was born on 9 October 1843, in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Hiram Delano, was 31 and his mother, Betsey T. Holmes, was 28. He married Emeline Augusta Fish on 14 March 1879, in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States in 1900 and Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States in 1910. He died on 1 December 1910, in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Mayflower Cemetery, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Hiram T Delano in household of Hiram Delano, "Massachusetts State Census, 1865"
- Hiram P Delano, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Hiram T. Delano Ii, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915"
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World Events (7)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of French, Walloon, and Flemish Delannoy .
History: Franklin D. Roosevelt's mother was a Delano, descended from Philippe de la Noye or de Lannoy (1602–81), born in Leiden in the Netherlands, who arrived at Plymouth, MA, in 1621 on the Fortune, one year after the Pilgrim Fathers. — This surname is listed along with its original forms de la Noye and de Lannoy in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors, referring to Jan or Jean de la Noye or de Lannoy from Tourcoing in northern France, the father of Philippe mentioned above. The same ancestor is also listed (as Jean de Lannoy) in the similar register of the Huguenot Society of America, besides Abraham de la Noy and Philippe de la Noy.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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