Brief Life History of William Henry
When William Henry Christy was born on 10 December 1850, in Bartholomew, Indiana, United States, his father, Jonathan Christy, was 30 and his mother, Charlotte Parker, was 23. He married Susan A. Henderson on 18 May 1873, in Floris, Davis, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Lincoln, Oklahoma, United States in 1920 and Big Hill Township, Osage, Oklahoma, United States in 1930. He died on 3 June 1930, in Burbank, Osage, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Grandview Cemetery, Kaw City, Kay, Oklahoma, United States.
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- William H Christy, "United States Census, 1880"
- Wm. H. Christy, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"
- William Henry Christy, "Find A Grave Index"
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1851 · Constitution of 1851
Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
English and northern Irish: variant of Christie .
American shortened and altered form of the Scandinavian patronymics Christiansen and Christianson .
Indian and Indonesian: variant of Christi 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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