Brief Life History of William Henry
When William Henry Sibley was born on 30 July 1860, in Windham, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Goodwin Sibley, was 30 and his mother, Emily Frances Wheaton, was 34. He married Phebe Elizabeth White on 25 March 1885, in Nichols, Nichols, Tioga, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Nichols, Tioga, New York, United States for about 5 years. He died on 20 December 1943, in Nichols, Nichols, Tioga, New York, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Gibson Corners Cemetery, Gibson Corners, Owego, Tioga, New York, United States.
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- William H Sibley, "New York State Census, 1905"
- William Sibley, "Find A Grave Index"
- John Sibley in entry for Roy Desmon Sibley, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English female personal name Sibily, Old French Sibilie, from Latin Sibilia, from Greek Sibylla, a title of obscure origin borne by various oracular priestesses in classical times. In Christian mythology the sibyls came to be classed as pagan prophets (who had prophesied the coming of Christ), and hence the name was an acceptable one that could be bestowed on a Christian child.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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