When Richard H Winters was born on 18 December 1822, in New York, United States, his father, William Winter, was 24 and his mother, Esther Ann Place, was 20. He married Sarah Elizabeth Walker about 1842, in Townsend Township, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Verdigris Township, Antelope, Nebraska, United States in 1885 and Lamotte Township, Sanilac, Michigan, United States in 1900. He died on 1 April 1918, in Crawford, Dawes, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Crawford Cemetery, Crawford, Dawes, Nebraska, United States.
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The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Dutch and German: patronymic from Winter .
English: variant of Winter , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish: adopted for Mac Giolla Gheimhridh ‘son of the lad of winter’, from geimhreadh ‘winter’. Compare Winter 4.
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