When Sarah Walters was born in 1855, in Darke, Ohio, United States, her father, Perry Walters, was 44 and her mother, Nancy Jane Bailey, was 45. She lived in Bearcreek Township, Jay, Indiana, United States in 1860 and Indiana, United States in 1870.
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The town of Santa Fe was denied their application for a United States Postal Service as a town of Santa Fe, Indiana, was already established. Several meetings were held and the name was changed to Santa Claus, Indiana. The United States Postal Service granted their application. Due to the name, the post office in Santa Claus continues to receive thousands of letters to Santa Claus from children around the world each December.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
English: variant of Walter , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
German: patronymic from Walter .
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