Brief Life History of Alvin Roland
When Alvin Roland Sisson was born on 9 November 1854, in Iowa, United States, his father, Roland Richard Sisson, was 32 and his mother, Elizabeth Wright, was 28. He married Irene A Baldwin on 5 September 1888, in Fillmore, Fillmore, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Fillmore, Minnesota, United States in 1860 and Forestville Township, Fillmore, Minnesota, United States for about 40 years. He died on 18 May 1928, in Spring Valley, Fillmore, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Spring Valley, Fillmore, Minnesota, United States.
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- Alvin S*On in household of Elisabeth S*On, "Minnesota State Census, 1875"
- Alvin R Sisson, "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949"
- Alvin Roland Sisson, "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001"
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1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
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
English:
from the Middle English female personal name Sis(se), Cisse, a pet form of Cecily (see Sisley ) + -son.
variant of Syson, a habitational name from Syston (Leicestershire), from a short form of an Old English personal name such as Sigehǣth or Sigefrith + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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