Brief Life History of William John
When William John Waddington was born on 12 May 1855, in Como, Whiteside, Illinois, United States, his father, Samuel Waddington, was 25 and his mother, Margaret Ann Boyd, was 22. He married Sarah A. Phillips on 25 December 1881, in Buffalo, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Hay Creek, Crook, Wyoming, United States in 1910 and Election District 17 Deep Creek, Crook, Wyoming, United States in 1920. He died on 11 May 1927, in Aladdin, Crook, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Spearfish, Lawrence, South Dakota, United States.
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Sources (11)
- William G Wadington in household of Samuel Wadington, "United States Census, 1870"
- William J Waddington, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
- William John Waddington, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867
Historical Boundaries: 1867: Osborne, Kansas, United States
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
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name mostly from Waddington in Yorkshire, but also from Waddington in Lincolnshire and perhaps occasionally Waddington in Coulsdon (Surrey). The first two placenames derive from the Old English personal name Wada + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The Surrey placename derives from Old English hwǣte ‘wheat’, later hwǣten ‘growing with wheat’ + dūn ‘hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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