Brief Life History of Charles Nelson
When Charles Nelson Wing was born on 10 January 1837, in Franklin Plantation, Oxford, Maine, United States, his father, Elbridge Geary Wing, was 25 and his mother, Silence K. Hopkins, was 22. He registered for military service in 1862. He died on 28 April 1863, in Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 26, and was buried in Peru, Oxford, Maine, United States.
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- Nelson C Wing in household of Elbridge G Wing, "United States Census, 1860"
- Charles N. Wing, "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- Charles Nelson Wing, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (7)
1838 · The Aroostook War
"An international incident referred to as the Aroostook War or ""Pork and Beans War"". The conflict resulted as part of an international boundary dispute between the United States. Although several British soldiers were captured, nobody was killed during the war. In fact, local militia units did not engage in any significant combat. One of the most dramatic events was actually when two Canadian militia were injured by Black Bears."
1842 · Webster–Ashburton Treaty
The Webster-Ashburton Treaty was signed on August 9, 1842 and resolved the border issues between the United States and British North American colonies which had caused the Aroostook War. The treaty contained several agreements and concessions. It called for an end on the overseas slave trade and proposed that both parties share the Great Lakes. It also reaffirmed the location of the westward frontier border (near the Rocky Mountains) as well as the border between Lake Superior and Lake of the Woods. The treaty was signed by Daniel Webster (United States Secretary of State) and Alexander Baring (British Diplomat, 1st Baron Ashburton).
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Weng (Old West Scandinavian Wenge, perhaps originally a nickname from vengi ‘pillow, cushion’).
English and Scottish: habitational name from either Wing in Buckinghamshire or Wing in Rutland. The Buckinghamshire placename probably means ‘the people of Wiwa’, from an Old English personal name Wiwa + the Old English groupname suffix -ingas. The Rutland placename and probably derives from Old Norse vengi ‘field’.
Chinese: Cantonese form of the surname 榮, see Rong 4.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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