When William R. Workman was born on 10 September 1849, in Chatham, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, his father, David E Workman, was 45 and his mother, Elydia Ann Bilyeu, was 45. He married Elizabeth Jane Shubert on 16 September 1869, in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Humboldt, Richardson, Nebraska, United States in 1920 and Benton Township, Atchison, Missouri, United States in 1930. He died on 12 April 1935, in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Shubert, Richardson, Nebraska, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1854: Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1854: Nebraska Territory, United States 1854: Pierce, Nebraska Territory, United States 1855: Lancaster, Nebraska Territory, United States 1867: Lancaster, Nebraska, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
English (Gloucestershire): ostensibly an occupational name for a laborer, from Middle English werkman ‘laborer, craftsman’, also ‘customary tenant’ (Old English weorcmann). A customary tenant was a person allowed to hold land in exchange for carrying out a certain service.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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