Brief Life History of William Albert
When William Albert Armitage was born on 4 September 1859, in Galena, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States, his father, Joshua Jesse Armitage, was 21 and his mother, Martha Nenette Argent, was 18. He married Maud Jane Noyes on 14 August 1881, in Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Beaverhead, Montana, United States in 1900 and Jackson, Beaverhead, Montana, United States for about 10 years. He died on 21 June 1935, in Wisdom, Beaverhead, Montana, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Wisdom Cemetery, Wisdom, Beaverhead, Montana, United States.
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- William Armitage in household of Isaac Armitage, "United States Census, 1860"
- William A. Armitage, "Find A Grave Index"
- William A Armitage, "Montana, County Voting Records, 1884-1992"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Historical Information: 1865: Deer Lodge, Montana Territory, United States 1889: Deer Lodge, Montana, United States
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name from Middle English, Old French (h)ermitage ‘hermitage’ (a derivative of Old French (h)ermite ‘hermit’), or a habitational name from a place called with this word. The name is very common in Yorkshire, where it has been traced to a hermitage in South Crosland, close to Armitage Bridge in Almondbury, near Huddersfield.
History: The name was first brought to North America by Enoch Armitage (born 1677) of Wooldale, Yorkshire, England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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