W N Arnold

Male24 July 1874–1 August 1904

Brief Life History of W N

When W N 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.

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James D. C. Arnold
1849–
Mary Caroline Milton
1850–1924
Richard A. Arnold
1871–
Cordeila Alice Arnold
1872–1916
W N Arnold
1874–1904
Ruthie F Arnell
1880–
Richard Arthur Arnold
1888–

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    World Events (3)

    1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

    Age 1

    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.

    1875 · A New Civil Rights Act

    Age 1

    During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.

    1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic

    Age 4

    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.

    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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