Brief Life History of William Henry Shirley
William Henry Shirley Reed was born in September 1864, in Comanche, Comanche, Texas, United States. He married Rebecca Elizabeth Nichols on 18 October 1896, in La Luz, Otero, New Mexico, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Gila, Grant, New Mexico, United States in 1900 and Picacho, Lincoln, New Mexico, United States in 1910. He died in 1928, at the age of 64.
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- William H Reed, "United States Census, 1920"
- William Henry Reed in the Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968
- Shirley Reed in entry for Mary C Sides, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1868
Historical Boundaries: 1868: Grant, New Mexico Territory, United States 1912: Grant, New Mexico, United States
1881 · Construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway
Grenville M. Dodge oversaw the construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. Work began at Hodge Junction, and eventually extended to the New Mexico border by 1888. Service began on April 1, 1888, with trains travelling between Fort Worth and Denver.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English and Older Scots red(e) ‘red’, no doubt denoting someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion.
English: from Middle English ride, rede, rude (Old English rīed, rēod, rȳd) ‘clearing’. The surname may be topographic for someone who lived in or near a clearing, or habitational, for someone who lived at one of a number of places so named, including Rede Court in Strood (Kent), Rides in Eastchurch (Kent), Ride Way in Ewhurst (Surrey), and Reed Farm in Wadhurst (Sussex). The word is particularly common in the southeastern counties of England, from Kent to the Isle of Wight. See also Rider and Reader .
English: habitational name from Read (Lancashire), Reed (Hertfordshire), or Rede (Suffolk). The Lancashire placename derives from Old English rǣge ‘roe, female roe deer’ + hēafod ‘head’. The Hertfordshire placename derives from Old English rȳhth ‘rough piece of ground’. The etymology of the Suffolk placename is uncertain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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