Brief Life History of Owen Uther
When Owen Uther Wamsley was born on 11 December 1879, in Marion, Center Township, Grant, Indiana, United States, his father, Dewitt Clinton Wamsley, was 36 and his mother, Eliza J Sharp, was 35. He married Sidney Louise Lindloff in 1899, in Marion, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Penn Township, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States in 1910 and Mishawaka, Penn Township, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. He died in 1950, at the age of 71, and was buried in Granger, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States.
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- Unknown, "United States Census, 1940"
- Owen Waverly, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- Owen Uthar Wamsley, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): variant of Walmsley .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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