Brief Life History of George Sims
When George Sims Wren was born on 11 September 1819, in Montgomery, Kentucky, United States, his father, Sanford Wren, was 44 and his mother, Eleanor Ann Beall, was 29. He married Caroline Davis on 8 December 1841, in United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Hendricks, Indiana, United States in 1860 and Eel River Township, Hendricks, Indiana, United States in 1880. He died on 10 January 1892, in Indiana, United States, at the age of 72.
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- George W Wren, "United States Census, 1860"
- Geo L Wren, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- George S Wren in entry for William T Wren and Anna B Harris, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
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1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1828
Historical Information 1828 - Hendricks, Indiana, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from the bird, from Middle English wrenne ‘wren’ (Old English wrenna, wrænna), perhaps for a person of small stature.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Rinn (see Ring ).
Welsh: Anglicized form of the personal name Uren .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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