When Charles Augustus Stringham was born on 22 January 1835, in Cattaraugus, New York, United States, his father, Henry B Stringham, was 33 and his mother, Eliza Tomlinson, was 33. He married Elizabeth J Lowden on 16 February 1862. He lived in Newbury, Wabaunsee, Kansas, United States in 1870 and Del Norte, Rio Grande, Colorado, United States in 1880. He died on 30 July 1905, in Elwha, Clallam, Washington, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Ocean View Cemetery, Port Angeles, Clallam, Washington, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1854: Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1854: Kansas Territory, United State 1855: Shawnee, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Shawnee, Kansas, United States
English (London): habitational name from Strensham (Worcestershire), recorded as Stringesham in 1328. The placename appears to derive from an Old English personal name Streng (genitive Strenges) + Old English hām ‘village, homestead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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