When William Francis Heath Onion was born on 29 March 1769, in Saint Johns Parish, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, his father, Zacheus Barret Onion, was 28 and his mother, Hannah Bond, was 29. He married Elizabeth Day on 23 July 1794, in Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He died in 1864, at the age of 95, and was buried in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
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The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
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Welsh: from a variant of the personal name Hennion (see Eynon ), through false association by folk etymology with the English vocabulary word onion.
English (Midlands): perhaps a metonymic occupational name from Middle English oinyon ‘onion’ (Old French oignon), perhaps given to a grower or seller of onions.
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