When William Magers was born on 5 August 1847, in Iowa, United States, his father, Riley Majors, was 19 and his mother, Elizabeth Whitesides, was 20. He lived in Marshall Township, Marshall, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Greencastle Township, Marshall, Iowa, United States in 1860. He died on 1 April 1887, at the age of 39, and was buried in Williams Cemetery, Williams, Colusa, California, United States.
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On January 24, 1848, gold was found at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California, which began the California gold rush. In December of that same year, U.S. President James Polk announced the news to Congress. The news of gold lured thousands of “forty-niners” seeking fortune to California during 1849. Approximately 300,000 people relocated to California from all over the world during the gold rush years. It is estimated that the mined gold was worth tens of billions in today’s U.S. dollars.
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Colusa, Calfornia, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
German: patronymic from Mager .
English: variant of Majors . This form of the surname is very rare in Britain and Ireland.
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