Brief Life History of George Washington
When George Washington North was born on 7 May 1831, in Walton, Delaware, New York, United States, his father, Robert North Jr, was 39 and his mother, Mary Pine, was 34. He married Jane Eliza Wigner Hyatt in January 1867, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Marysville, Yuba, California, United States in 1870 and Winters Judicial Township, Yolo, California, United States in 1900. He died on 29 October 1900, in Winters, Yolo, California, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Winters, Yolo, California, United States.
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- George North, "United States Census, 1870"
- George North, "Find a Grave Index"
- George North in entry for John Lincoln Reamer and Daniel J Quevilion, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1848 · The California Gold Rush
On January 24, 1848, gold was found at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California, which began the California gold rush. In December of that same year, U.S. President James Polk announced the news to Congress. The news of gold lured thousands of “forty-niners” seeking fortune to California during 1849. Approximately 300,000 people relocated to California from all over the world during the gold rush years. It is estimated that the mined gold was worth tens of billions in today’s U.S. dollars.
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Historical Boundaries: 1850: Yolo, California, United States
Name Meaning
English: topographic name from Middle English north ‘north’, denoting someone who had migrated from the north, especially someone from northern England living in the south of the country. It may also have been used to denote someone living in the northern part of a settlement or region.
Irish: in Ireland, adopted for Mac an Ultaigh ‘son of the Ulsterman’, Ulster being the northern part of Ireland.
German: from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name composed with a cognate of Old High German nord ‘north’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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