When George Lowell Verley was born on 1 November 1860, in Wayne, Lafayette, Wisconsin, United States, his father, George Loren Verley, was 25 and his mother, Georgeanna L Foss, was 19. He married Cynthia Ida Fay on 20 April 1884, in Loup, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Turner, Turner, South Dakota, United States in 1910 and Centerville, Turner, South Dakota, United States for about 10 years. He died on 1 January 1933, in Hurley, Turner, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Hurley Cemetery, Turner, Dakota Territory, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Historical Boundaries: 1871: Lincoln, Dakota Territory, United States 1871: Turner, Dakota Territory, United States 1889: Turner, South Dakota, United States
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.
Flemish: shortened form of Dutch Van der Leij, a topographic name for someone living near a lei, lede ‘watercourse’. This surname is also found in France (Nord).
English (Gloucestershire): variant of Varley .
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