William Wallace Blaisdell

Brief Life History of William Wallace

When William Wallace Blaisdell was born on 2 August 1856, in Honolulu, Oahu, Kingdom of Hawaii, his father, John Lewis Blaisdell, was 56 and his mother, Rosanna McCann, was 43. He married Cora Ammie Shaw on 26 February 1878, in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 14 December 1904, in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in O'ahu Cemetery, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Wallace Blaisdell
1856–1904
Cora Ammie Shaw
1857–1920
Marriage: 26 February 1878
Hale Blaisdell
1878–
Nellie Blaisdell
1878–1889
Charles McKee Blaisdell
1880–1936
William Wallace Blaisdell
1884–1956
James Makee Blaisdell
1888–1948
Cora Maud Blaisdell
1892–1955

Sources (25)

  • William Blaisdell in household of Buchanan, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Legacy NFS Source: William Wallace Blaisdell - Published information: birth-name: William Wallace Blaisdell
  • Wm Blaisdell, "Hawaii, Marriages, 1826-1954"

World Events (8)

1863

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

1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

English (Cumbria and Lancashire): habitational name from a place inthe Lake District named Blaisdell, from the Old Norse bynameBlesi (from blesi ‘blaze, white spot’), or from thesame word used in the sense of a white spot on a hillside, + Old Norsedalr ‘valley’.

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

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