Brief Life History of William
When William Merseberg Sr was born on 15 November 1885, in Kapaau, Hawai'i, Kingdom of Hawaii, his father, William Kaha'i Merseberg, was 26 and his mother, Malia Pukana Hook, was 24. He married Alice Puluelo Bell in 1900, in Hawaii, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Kapaau, Hawaii, Hawaii, United States for about 10 years and Representative District 2, Hawaii, Hawaii, United States in 1940. He died on 27 April 1945, in North Kohala District, Hawaii, Hawaii, United States, at the age of 59.
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- William Meresburgh, "United States Census, 1930"
- Alice Merseburgh Hawaii Birth Recorfd: Birth records, 1909-1925 ; Index 1909-1949; ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3W6-2S69-G
- William Merseburgh, "Hawaii, Marriages, 1826-1954"
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World Events (8)
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1898
1795 -1898 Hawaiian Kingdom, or Kingdom of Hawaiʻi 1898 – 1959 Territory of Hawaiʻi. 1959 – Present: Hawaii the State.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Name Meaning
Probably the most successful of all the Old French names of Germanic origin that were introduced to England by the Normans. It is derived from Germanic wil ‘will, desire’ + helm ‘helmet, protection’. The fact that it was borne by the Conqueror himself does not seem to have inhibited its favour with the ‘conquered’ population: in the first century after the Conquest it was the commonest male name of all, and not only among the Normans. In the later Middle Ages it was overtaken by John , but continued to run second to that name until the 20th century, when the picture became more fragmented.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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