When William Sewell Sampson was born on 21 April 1873, in Nebraska, United States, his father, Pvt. Samuel William Sampson, was 36 and his mother, Huldah Squires, was 38. He married Mary Ann Conn on 12 October 1895, in West Point, Cuming, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in San Bruno, San Mateo, California, United States for about 5 years and South San Francisco, San Mateo, California, United States in 1940. He died on 8 August 1959, in San Mateo, San Mateo, California, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Colma, San Mateo, California, United States.
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In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
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A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
English, Welsh, and Jewish: variant of Samson . The -p- was introduced in the Greek transliteration of the Hebrew name Shimshon.
English: of Norman origin, a habitational name from any of the French places called Saint-Samson (Seine-Maritime, Calvados), including Saint-Samson-de-Bonfosse (Manche) and Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque (Eure), so called from the dedication of their churches to Saint Samson of Dol, the Welsh bishop (see Samson ).
Americanized form of French, Breton, German, and Dutch Samson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesWilliam Suewell Sampson BIRTH 21 Apr 1872 Nebraska, USA DEATH 8 Aug 1959 (aged 87) San Mateo County, California, USA BURIAL Olivet Memorial Park Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA PLOT Section …
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