When Viola A. Colby was born on 23 August 1851, in Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, United States, her father, Merrill Colby Jr, was 34 and her mother, Harriet E. Sackett, was 32. She married John D. Franklin on 5 January 1871, in Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Redford, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1880. She died on 17 April 1900, in Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Redford Cemetery, Redford, Wayne, Michigan, United States.
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A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
English (eastern): habitational name from Colby in Norfolk and Westmorland, Coleby in Lincolnshire, or Coulby Newham in the North Yorkshire. The Colby placename derives from the Old Norse personal name Koli (a byname for a swarthy person, from kol ‘(char)coal’) + Old Norse býr ‘settlement’.
Americanized form of Norwegian Kolby .
Americanized form of German Kolbe . Compare Kolby .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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