Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Wilcox was born in 1847, in Michigan, United States, her father, Peter Wilcox, was 42 and her mother, Hannah Ransford, was 40. She married Ira Gardner Chapman on 20 February 1878, in Macomb, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Avon Township, Oakland, Michigan, United States for about 20 years and Sterling Township, Macomb, Michigan, United States for about 20 years. She died in 1917, in Utica, Macomb, Michigan, United States, at the age of 70.
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- Mary Wile* in household of Ritter Wile*, "United States Census, 1850"
- Mary Wilcox, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
- Mary Wilcox Chapman, "Find A Grave Index"
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1847 · Moving the State Capital
The capital of Michigan was moved from Detroit to Lansing on March 17, 1847. The capital was moved to be further away from Canada, to encourage settlement and boost economy toward the inner regions of the state, and to make to capital more accessible to everyone statewide.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Flintshire): variant of Wilcock , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This form of the surname is based on the pronunciation.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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