Brief Life History of George Franklin
When George Franklin Armstrong was born in May 1861, in Utah, United States, his father, David Armstrong, was 27 and his mother, Julia Cecelia Weaver, was 19. He married Mary R Brunoni on 4 January 1905, in San Francisco, California, United States. He lived in San Simeon Judicial Township, San Luis Obispo, California, United States in 1900. He died on 7 February 1933, in San Luis Obispo, California, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Cambria Cemetery, Cambria, San Luis Obispo, California, United States.
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- George Armstrong in household of Dave Armstrong, "United States Census, 1910"
- Geo F Armstrong, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- George Armstrong, "California Death Index, 1905-1939"
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1868
Oldest burial on record : Joseph Beeson McCoy BIRTH 1801 Pennsylvania, USA DEATH Sep 1868 (aged 66–67) San Simeon, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA BURIAL Cambria Cemetery Cambria, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA MEMORIAL ID 157029604
1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco
The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish (mainly Northumberland and the Scottish Borders): nickname from Middle English arm + strang, for someone who was ‘strong in the arm’.
Irish (Ulster): adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Labhradha Tréan ‘strong O'Lavery’ or Mac Thréinfhir, literally ‘son of the strong man’.
History: This surname was brought to PA, NJ, and NH in the 18th century by several different families of northern Irish and northern English Protestants. One such was James Armstrong, who emigrated from Fermanagh to Cumberland County, PA, in 1745; another was John Armstrong (1720–95), who settled in Carlisle, PA, c. 1748.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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