Brief Life History of Joseph Abraham
When Joseph Abraham Kershaw was born in 1862, in Illinois, United States, his father, John Wesley Kershaw, was 24 and his mother, Emeline Buckles, was 20. He had at least 3 sons and 4 daughters with Rosa Lavina Myers. He lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1920. He died on 13 July 1939, in California, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Redondo Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Joseph A Kershaw, "United States Census, 1920"
- Joseph A Kershaw, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Joseph A Kercham, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco
The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
1885 · The First Skyscraper
The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name, probably from Kershaw in Middleton (Lancashire), named as ‘church wood’ (Old Norse kirkja ‘church’ + Old English sceaga ‘small wood, copse’). There are two minor places in Yorkshire called Kershaw, which may have been named after families bearing the Lancashire surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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