When George Whitney Sibley was born on 17 January 1843, in Westford, Chittenden, Vermont, United States, his father, John Sibley, was 51 and his mother, Nancy Kellog, was 33. He married Mary Loraine Woodward on 9 May 1866, in Colchester, Chittenden, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Vermont, United States in 1870 and La Ballona Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1910. He died on 7 July 1911, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
On January 24, 1848, gold was found at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California, which began the California gold rush. In December of that same year, U.S. President James Polk announced the news to Congress. The news of gold lured thousands of “forty-niners” seeking fortune to California during 1849. Approximately 300,000 people relocated to California from all over the world during the gold rush years. It is estimated that the mined gold was worth tens of billions in today’s U.S. dollars.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
English: from the Middle English female personal name Sibily, Old French Sibilie, from Latin Sibilia, from Greek Sibylla, a title of obscure origin borne by various oracular priestesses in classical times. In Christian mythology the sibyls came to be classed as pagan prophets (who had prophesied the coming of Christ), and hence the name was an acceptable one that could be bestowed on a Christian child.
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