Brief Life History of Ann Salila
When Ann Salila Wigginton was born in December 1860, in Alabama, United States, her father, Fielding Wigginton, was 36 and her mother, Sarah Frances Harrell, was 31. She married Andrew James Allen in 1878, in Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 1, Collingsworth, Texas, United States in 1920 and Judicial Township 15, Kern, California, United States in 1930. She died on 26 February 1931, in Collingsworth, Texas, United States, at the age of 70.
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Sources (9)
- Ann Allen in household of Carl B Allen, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Ann S Wiggington - Published information: birth-name: Ann Wiggington
- Selmica Ann Allen, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"
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Children (6)
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1866
Historical Boundaries: 1866: Kern, California, United States
1881 · Construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway
Grenville M. Dodge oversaw the construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. Work began at Hodge Junction, and eventually extended to the New Mexico border by 1888. Service began on April 1, 1888, with trains travelling between Fort Worth and Denver.
Name Meaning
English (Leicestershire and Rutland): habitational name from any of several places called Wigginton, in Staffordshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire, and North Yorkshire. The Staffordshire, Oxfordshire, and Hertfordshire placenames derive from the Old English personal name Wicga (genitive Wicgan) + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, estate’ or the personal name Wicga + Old English connective -ing- + tūn. The North Yorkshire placename may derive from the Old Norse personal name Víkingr + Old English tūn.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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