Brief Life History of William W.
When William W. Fitzpatrick was born in 1843, in Indiana, United States, his father, William H. Fitchpatrick, was 29 and his mother, Sarah Vance Hagey, was 28. He married Orella B West on 2 December 1868, in Ames, Story, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Washington Township, Story, Iowa, United States for about 10 years.
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Sources (7)
- W W Fitchpatrick, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: William W. Fitzpatrick - Government record: birth-name: William W. Fitchpatrick
- W. W. Fitzpatrick, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1851 · Constitution of 1851
Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Kieran, Declan, Ronan, Liam, Seamus, Sinead, Siobhan, Aileen, Bridie, Brigid, Conan.
Irish: occasionally this may be a genuine Anglo-Norman French patronymic meaning ‘son of Patrick ’, but more often it has been adopted as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Pádraig, ‘son of the servant (i.e. devotee) of (Saint) Patrick’ (see Kilpatrick ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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