When Henry Wilson Ranson was born on 18 October 1827, in Sunderland, Durham, England, United Kingdom, his father, George Ranson, was 50 and his mother, Jane Wilson, was 37. He married Mary Ann Bambrough on 29 January 1853, in Monkwearmouth, Durham, England. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Gunnison, Colorado, United States in 1885 and Valmont, Boulder, Colorado, United States in 1900. He died on 30 June 1903, in Lafayette, Boulder, Colorado, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Lafayette Cemetery, Lafayette, Boulder, Colorado, United States.
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Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Historical Boundaries: 1846: Boone, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Boone, Iowa, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
English: variant of Ransom .
French (mainly northern), Flemish, and Walloon: variant of Renson 2.
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