Brief Life History of William Columbus
When William Columbus Kyle was born on 9 March 1873, in Cullman, Alabama, United States, his father, Jasper Newton Kyle, was 21 and his mother, Margaret Catherine Downey, was 19. He married Claudie Evergreen Hensley on 26 September 1899, in Morgan, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Jefferson, Alabama, United States in 1920 and Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States in 1930. He died on 17 December 1960, in Alabama, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Trussville, Jefferson, Alabama, United States.
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- W E Kyle, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: William C. Kyle - Government record: Census record: birth-name: William C. Kyle
- William C Kyle, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
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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.
1877
Historical Boundaries: 1877: Cullman, Alabama, United States
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
Scottish:
habitational name from a district in Ayrshire called Kyle, named for the British chieftains who ruled it in the 5th century, the Coel Hen.
habitational name from any of several places in Scotland called Kyle, named with Gaelic caol ‘narrow’ or caolas ‘narrows, strait’. Compare Kyles .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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