Horace A. Bicknell

Brief Life History of Horace A.

When Horace A. Bicknell was born on 17 February 1848, in Rhode Island, United States, his father, Alfred Bicknell, was 32 and his mother, Salley Potter, was 34. He lived in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island, United States in 1850 and North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States in 1850. He died on 23 April 1868, at the age of 20.

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Family Time Line

Alfred Bicknell
1815–1857
Salley Potter
1815–1857
Hannah Bicknell
1837–1902
Harriet Bicknell
1840–
Charles W. Bicknell
1841–
George P. Bicknell
1842–1863
Alfred Vernum Bicknell
1845–1913
Horace A. Bicknell
1848–1868
Zimrhoda Ann Bicknell
1849–1944
James Benjamin Bicknell
1855–1856

Sources (2)

  • Haram A Bicknell in household of Alfred Bicknell, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Horace A Bicknell in household of Alfred Bicknell, "United States Census, 1850"

World Events (4)

1862 · US Naval Academy

The US Naval Academy was moved to Newport, Rhode Island from its original in Annapolis, Maryland on May 9, 1862.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Bickenhill in Warwickshire, Bickenhall in Somerset or Bignell in Oxfordshire. The former two are named with the Old English personal name Bicca + Old English hyll ‘hill’, but in the Somerset name the final element alternates with Old English h(e)all ‘hall’. Bignell is named with the Old English personal name Biga + hyll ‘hill’. Compare Bignell .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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