William B. Simeral

Brief Life History of William B.

When William B. Simeral was born on 24 July 1872, in Wayne Township, Jefferson, Ohio, United States, his father, James Milton Simeral, was 38 and his mother, Nancy Gilkinson, was 33. He married Elizabeth Jane Gotschall on 27 January 1904, in Jefferson, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Jefferson, Wayne, Ohio, United States in 1880 and Bloomingdale, Wayne Township, Jefferson, Ohio, United States in 1900. He died on 28 October 1937, in Bloomingdale, Jefferson, Ohio, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Bloomfield, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

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William B. Simeral
1872–1937
Elizabeth Jane Gotschall
1880–1954
Marriage: 27 January 1904
Nancy Isabell Simeral
1914–2004

Sources (11)

  • William B Simeral, "United States Census, 1920"
  • William B Simeral or Simmeral, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
  • William B. Simeral, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"

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World Events (8)

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.

1883 · Mining Boom

In 1883, there was a mining boom in Northern Ontario when mineral deposits were found near Sudbury. Thomas Flanagan was the blacksmith for the Canadian Pacific Railway that noticed the deposits in the river.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

Probably the most successful of all the Old French names of Germanic origin that were introduced to England by the Normans. It is derived from Germanic wil ‘will, desire’ + helm ‘helmet, protection’. The fact that it was borne by the Conqueror himself does not seem to have inhibited its favour with the ‘conquered’ population: in the first century after the Conquest it was the commonest male name of all, and not only among the Normans. In the later Middle Ages it was overtaken by John , but continued to run second to that name until the 20th century, when the picture became more fragmented.

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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