William Skinner Balch

Brief Life History of William Skinner

When William Skinner Balch was born on 22 October 1813, in Plattsburgh, Clinton, New York, United States, his father, Timothy Balch, was 45 and his mother, Ann Whitman, was 40. He married Caroline Martin Brown on 23 September 1834, in Williamstown, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Saratoga, New York, United States in 1860. He died on 8 December 1895, in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga, New York, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Skinner Balch
1813–1895
Vesta Ann Child
1836–1910
Marriage: 30 November 1858
Carrie Vesta Balch
1860–1934
Helen W Balch
1863–
Lillie Balch
1865–1869

Sources (11)

  • William S Balch, "United States Census, 1850"
  • William Skinner Balch, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
  • William S Balch, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"

World Events (8)

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. 

1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State

During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.

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 (Somerset and Wiltshire): nickname from an unrecorded Middle English balche or belche, presumably from Old English bælce ‘belch, belching; stomach; pride, arrogance’, probably applied in the sense ‘swelling pride, arrogance’, but in some cases it may have been acquired by a man given to belching.

English (Somerset and Wiltshire): possibly a nickname from Middle English balche, a noun or adjective derived from Old English bælcan ‘to shout’, for a man who habitually shouted.

Americanized form of German Bolch .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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