Brief Life History of William H
When William H Priest was born on 29 January 1880, in Windsor Township, Richmond, Quebec, Canada, his father, William George Priest, was 34 and his mother, Emma Oborne, was 32. He married Annie T. Deane on 3 June 1902, in Maynard, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died in 1956, in Maynard, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 76.
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- William H Priest in household of William G Priest, "United States Census, 1900"
- William H. Priest, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
- William Henry Priest, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
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Name Meaning
English (mainly West Midlands): nickname from Middle English pr(i)est ‘minister of the Church’ (Old English prēost, from Latin presbyter, Greek presbyteros ‘elder, counselor’, comparative of presbys ‘old man’). It may have denoted someone with a pious manner or possibly for someone who had played the part of a priest in a pageant. It may occasionally have been used to denote someone suspected of being the son of a priest but evidence for this is lacking.
History: A John Priest is recorded as being in Woburn, MA, as early as 1675. The Mayflower Pilgrim Digory Priest of the Netherlands died the first winter at Plymouth in 1620, leaving behind a widow who remarried and two daughters, who did not pass on the surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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