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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- 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"
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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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