When James Wren was born in 1871, in Montana, United States, his father, John S Wren, was 51 and his mother, Melinda Chouquette, was 22. He lived in Chouteau, Montana, United States in 1880.
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Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
President Ulysses S. Grant signed the law passed by congress on March 1 1872, making Yellowstone a National Park. The park covers parts of Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho.
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
English: nickname from the bird, from Middle English wrenne ‘wren’ (Old English wrenna, wrænna), perhaps for a person of small stature.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Rinn (see Ring ).
Welsh: Anglicized form of the personal name Uren .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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