Brief Life History of George Wilson
When George Wilson Conner was born in September 1859, in Providence Twp, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Isaac Conner, was 30 and his mother, Sarah Karnes, was 22. He married Rachel Belinda Walters on 6 March 1889, in Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Brush Creek Township, Fulton, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. He died on 8 May 1924, in Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Akersville, Brush Creek Township, Fulton, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- George Wilson Conner in household of Hiram Fletcher, "United States Census, 1880"
- Wilson Conner, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1924
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad
Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.
Name Meaning
Scottish: variant of Connor .
English: occupational name for an examiner or inspector, especially of ale, from Middle English connere, cunnere ‘inspector’, an agent derivative of cun(nen) ‘to examine’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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