Brief Life History of William D
When William D Arnold was born on 24 July 1874, in Wayne, Tennessee, United States, his father, James D. C. Arnold, was 24 and his mother, Mary Caroline Milton, was 23. He died on 1 August 1904, in his hometown, at the age of 30, and was buried in Collinwood, Wayne, Tennessee, United States.
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- William N Arnell in household of James J Arnell, "United States Census, 1880"
- W D Arnold, "Find a Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic
When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, German, Dutch, French (mainly Alsace and Lorraine), Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Croatian, and Slovenian: from the ancient Germanic personal name Arnwald (Middle English Arnold, Old French Arnaut), composed of the elements arn ‘eagle’ + wald ‘rule, power’. This name was introduced to Britain by the Normans.
English: habitational name from either of two places called Arnold in Nottinghamshire and East Yorkshire, from Old English earn ‘eagle’ + halh ‘nook’.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): adoption of the German personal name (see 1 above), at least in part on account of its resemblance to the Jewish name Aaron .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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