When William Thome Pollock was born on 28 September 1840, in North Strabane Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, James Pollock, was 25 and his mother, Abigail Thome, was 31. He had at least 1 son and 3 daughters with Sarah J Barr. He lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and South Strabane, Amwell Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. He died on 17 March 1916, in East Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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Scottish: habitational name from a place in Glasgow, probably a British Celtic name derived from pull-, poll- ‘pool’ + a diminutive suffix. The surname has been established in northeast Ulster since the 17th century.
German: ethnic name for someone from Poland.
Americanized form of Jewish Polak .
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