Brief Life History of Henry A.
When Henry A. Wilder was born on 5 September 1843, in Dalton, Coös, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Nathan Howard Wilder, was 33 and his mother, Betsy H. Beaton, was 33. He married Hattie Bryant on 16 March 1880, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. He lived in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1880. He died on 19 November 1899, in Quebec, Canada, at the age of 56, and was buried in Huntingville, La Région-Sherbrookoise, Quebec, Canada.
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- Henry A Wilder, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Henry A. Wilder - Government record: Census record: birth: about 1843; Dalton, Coos, New Hampshire, United States
- Henry A. Wilder, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1860 · Abraham Lincoln Elected President
Abraham Lincoln was Elected President of the United States in November of 1860
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
German, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Wild 3.
English (South eastern England, especially Berkshire): probably a nickname from Old English wildēor ‘wild animal’.
History: Thomas Wilder is recorded as a freeman of Charlestown, MA, in 1640. He had numerous prominent descendents.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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