Brief Life History of William Phelps
When William Phelps Warner was born on 27 February 1818, in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Oliver Warner, was 29 and his mother, Jemima Severance, was 29. He married Elizabeth Rich Abbe on 8 December 1852, in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in California, United States in 1872. He died on 6 July 1872, in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Wm P Warner, "United States Census, 1850"
- William P. Warner, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Wm. P. Warner, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin) and North German: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements war(in) ‘protection, shelter’ or ‘guard’ + heri, hari ‘army’. The name was introduced into England by the Normans in the form Warnier (Old French Garnier). Compare Garner and Werner .
English (of Norman origin): shortened form of Warrener (see Warren 2).
Irish (Cork): when this is not the Anglo-Norman name (see above), an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Murnáin (see Murnane ), found in medieval records as Iwarrynane, from a genitive or plural form of the name, in which m is lenited.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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