When William Conard was born on 1 December 1831, in Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Abraham Conard, was 33 and his mother, Euphemia Flack, was 29. He married Harriet Emily Duffield on 3 October 1863, in Elkins Park, Cheltenham Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 14 March 1922, in Cheltenham Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Norris Square United Presbyterian Church Vault, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Americanized form of German Conrad , which is a variant of Konrad and of its byform Kunrad.
French: from the ancient Germanic personal name Konhard, composed of the elements kōne, kuoni ‘bold’ + hard ‘brave, strong’.
History: One of the first German settlers in PA was Dennis Conard (who came on the ship Concord in 1683). His original German surname was written by himself as both Kunrad and Kunders (the latter being an old Westphalian derivative). However, in Penn's charter of Germantown from 1689, his surname is spelled as Conrad, and from this form the spelling Conard arose. The surnames of Dennis Conard's children were also spelled in different ways (beside Conard): Conrad (the firstborn son), Kunders, Cunards, Cunnard, and Cunreds.
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