Brief Life History of Rebecca Jane
When Rebecca Jane Wier was born on 30 September 1857, in Sparta, Randolph, Illinois, United States, her father, John Weir, was 32 and her mother, Jane Wilson, was 29. She married James Renwick Smith on 2 January 1882. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Central Precinct, Randolph, Illinois, United States in 1880 and Jefferson Township, Jefferson, Kansas, United States for about 20 years. She died on 28 June 1923, in Winchester, Jefferson, Kansas, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Winchester, Jefferson, Kansas, United States.
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- Ribeca J Smith in household of James Smith, "United States Census, 1900"
- Rebecca J Weir, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"
- Rebecca Jane Weir Smith, "Find A Grave Index"
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1858 · A House Divided
Abraham Lincoln's goal was to be different than the previous Senators of Illinois and voice his opinion in how he saw the State and the United States start to drift apart in the different ideology on what was right and what was wrong. Even though it would become an unsuccessful campaign strategy to win the senate seat, to this day it is one of the most famous speeches of US politics.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
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.
Name Meaning
German: from the ancient Germanic personal name Wigheri, composed of the elements wīg ‘battle’ + heri ‘army’.
Dutch and West Frisian (Van der Wier or Van de Wier): topographic name from Middle Dutch wier(de) ‘artificial dwelling mound’, used as a second element in several Frisian placenames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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