When John Ward Dalby was born on 23 December 1837, in Tennessee, United States, his father, Thomas D Dalby, was 25 and his mother, Martha Hickerson, was 19. He married Sofia Alice McDonald on 12 December 1867, in Cherokee, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 6, Stephens, Texas, United States in 1880 and Justice Precinct 6, Cherokee, Texas, United States for about 20 years. He died on 23 November 1926, in Cherokee, Texas, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Cherokee, Texas, United States.
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Over 7,000 German immigrants arrived in Texas. Some of these new arrivals died in epidemics; those that survived ended up living in cities such as San Antonio, Galveston, and Houston. Other German settlers went to the Texas Hill Country and formed the western portion of the German Belt, where new towns were founded: New Braunfels and Fredericksburg.
Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.
On February 1, 1861, Texas seceded from the United States. On March 2, 1861, they had joined with the Confederate States of America.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Britt, Erik, Knud, Nels, Obert.
Norwegian, Danish, and northern English: habitational name from any of various places called Dalby, named with Old Norse dalr ‘valley’ + bȳ ‘farm, settlement’. The English surname is common in Yorkshire, where it derives mainly from Dalby in North Yorkshire, but similarly named places in Leicestershire and Lincolnshire are also possible sources. In Norway, it is common as a farm name. See also Dahlby .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related Names10th Regiment, Texas Cavalary, CSA
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