Brief Life History of William Kuhns
When William Kuhns Borcky was born on 3 August 1851, in Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Charles Karl Borcky, was 28 and his mother, Elisabeth Kuhns, was 31. He married Sarah Stengel on 29 September 1866, in Churchville, Washington Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Washington Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States for about 20 years. He died on 1 May 1935, in Churchville, Washington Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Churchville, Washington Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- William K Borcky in household of Sarah Covely, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: William K. Borcky - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: William K. Borcky
- William Borcky, "Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
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
East German: variant of Bork .
Germanized form of Sorbian Bórk (see Bork ).
Danish: topographic name from bork ‘fortress’ or a habitational name from a place called with this word.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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