Brief Life History of Wilbur Fiske
When Wilbur Fiske Newhouse was born in August 1843, in Ohio, United States, his father, Edward Newhouse, was 43 and his mother, Martha McCoy, was 34. He married Keziah Brown on 30 May 1866, in Marshall, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He lived in Liberal, Seward, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Seward Township, Seward, Kansas, United States in 1910. He registered for military service in 1904. He died on 21 June 1911, in Kansas, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Pratt, Pratt, Kansas, United States.
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- Wilbur Newhouse, "United States Census, 1900"
- Wilbur F Newhouse, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Wilber F. Newhouse, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1855
Historical Boundaries: 1855: Leavenworth, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Leavenworth, Kansas, United States
1861
Kansas is the 34th state
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name for someone who lived at a ‘new house’ (from Middle English newe + hous ‘new house’) or a habitational name from any of various minor places so called, especially perhaps Newhouses in Horton, Yorkshire, near the border with Lancashire.
Americanized form (translation into English) of Scandinavian Nyhus , German and Jewish Neuhaus (topographic or habitational names), or Hungarian Újházi, a habitational name for someone from any of various places called with új ‘new’ + ház ‘house’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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