Brief Life History of Rufus Wordon
When Rufus Wordon Briggs was born in October 1853, in New York, United States, his father, Rufus Warden Briggs Sr, was 45 and his mother, Arlintha DePuy, was 38. He had at least 1 daughter with Eliza. He lived in Middleport, Niagara, New York, United States in 1880 and Lockport, Niagara, New York, United States for about 13 years.
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- Rufus Briggs in household of James Elliott, "New York State Census, 1905"
- Wordon Briggs, "United States Census, 1880"
- Rufus W Brigs in household of Rufus H Brigs, "New York State Census, 1865"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Brigg, with post-medieval excrescent -s, from Middle English brig(g) (Old Norse bryggja), the northern and Scottish word for bridge, for someone who lived by a bridge or who came from any of the places called from the word.
History: The surname Briggs is found chiefly in West Yorkshire. A family of gentry have held lands at Keighley in West Yorkshire continuously for 500 years. The mathematician Henry Briggs (1561–1631), who invented logarithms, was born in Halifax, Yorkshire, England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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