Brief Life History of William
William Patterson was born on 19 November 1841, in Ireland. He married Hannah Ford on 2 June 1864, in Belmont, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Pease Township, Belmont, Ohio, United States in 1880 and Brookside, Pease Township, Belmont, Ohio, United States in 1900. He died on 21 January 1924, in Wheeling, Ohio, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Blainesville, Belmont, Ohio, United States.
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- William Patterson, "United States Census, 1900"
- William Patterson, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- William Patterson, "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949"
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World Events (8)
1845
The Irish Potato Famine. Many Irish emigrate to America. Irish population drops from 8 million to 6 million due to death from starvation or emigration.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Scottish and northern English: variant of Patrickson ‘son of Patrick ’, which was either shortened to Patrison and metathesized to Patterson, or shortened from Paterickson to Patterson.
Irish: in Ulster, this name is of English or Scottish origin, but in County Galway, it was also taken by bearers of the Gaelic name Ó Caisín ‘descendant of the little curly-headed one’ (from Gaelic casín ‘curly’), which is usually Anglicized as Cussane. In addition to the confusion between Irish Gaelic casín ‘curly’ and cosán ‘path’, there has also been an erroneous assumption that the English name Patterson is somehow derived from the English word path.
English: 19th-century variant of Patteson, a shortened form of Pattinson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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