Brief Life History of George Franklin
When George Franklin Wiley was born on 6 January 1845, in Rockingham, Windham, Vermont, United States, his father, Rodney Wiley, was 29 and his mother, Laura Pulsipher, was 30. He married Mary Frances White on 17 November 1870, in Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 13 May 1919, in Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, United States, at the age of 74.
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- George L Wiley in household of Levi R White, "United States Census, 1870"
- George Wiley in entry for Gertrude W Finn, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-2008"
- George F Wiley in household of Levi White, "United States Census, 1880"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1864 · St. Albans Raid
St. Albans Raid took place on October 19, 1864. It was a Confederate raid from Canada into Union territory. Confederate soldiers that were in Canada raided the town of St. Albans killed one person and robbed three banks.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English: from various places called with Old English wīg, wēoh ‘idol’ + lēah ‘wood, clearing’, such as Whyly in East Hoathly (Sussex), Whiligh in Ticehurst (Sussex), Weeley (Essex), Weoley (Worcestershire), and Willey (Surrey), or from any of the other places called Willey, such as those in Cheshire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, and Warwickshire, named with Old English wilig ‘willow’ + lēah, or from Wylye (Wiltshire), which takes its name from the river Wylye (of uncertain etymology).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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