Brief Life History of Wendall
Wendall Jones was born on 14 February 1862, in Illinois, United States as the son of Joseph Jones and Mary Moore. He married Minerva Ann Lamb on 19 April 1893. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Sutter Creek, Amador, California, United States in 1910 and Elliot Judicial Township, San Joaquin, California, United States in 1940. He died on 16 January 1949, in Clements, San Joaquin, California, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Clements, San Joaquin, California, United States.
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- Wendell Jones, "United States Census, 1910"
- Wendell Z. Jones, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Wendell Jones, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1953"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1871
In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.
1885 · The First Skyscraper
The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. It began to be adopted as a non-hereditary surname in some parts of Wales from the 16th century onward, but did not become a widespread hereditary surname there until the 18th and 19th centuries. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. It is (including in the sense 2 below) the fifth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.
English: habitational or occupational name for someone who lived or worked ‘at John's (house)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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