Brief Life History of William E
When William E Whitaker was born on 8 July 1784, in Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States, his father, Edward Wittaker, was 35 and his mother, Carleintje Dubois, was 34. He married Hannah Annetje DuBois on 12 January 1805, in Greene, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Pike, Pike, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Perry Township, Pike, Illinois, United States in 1860. He died on 30 November 1868, in Perry, Pike, Illinois, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Perry, Pike, Illinois, United States.
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- Wm E Whittaker, "United States Census, 1860"
- William E. Whitaker, "Find A Grave Index"
- Wm. E. Whittaker in entry for Mrs. Mary E. Abbott, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1797 · Albany is Named Capital of New York
Albany became the capital of New York in 1797. Albany is the oldest continuous settlement of the original 13 colonies.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from Whitacre in Warwickshire or High Whitaker in Lancashire, both of whose names derive from Old English hwīt ‘white’ + æcer ‘field’. The name may also be derived from Wheatacre in Norfolk or Whiteacre in Waltham (Kent), both of which derive from Old English hwǣte ‘wheat’ + æcer ‘field’. Compare Whittaker .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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