Brief Life History of Harriet Ella
When Harriet Ella Waggoner was born on 9 October 1874, in Freemansburg, Lewis, West Virginia, United States, her father, Elias W Waggoner, was 43 and her mother, Harriet Cookman, was 38. She married William R Burnside in 1895, in Lewis, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Freemans Creek District, Lewis, Virginia, United States in 1900. She died on 30 March 1916, in Freemansburg, Lewis, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Freemansburg United Methodist Church Cemetery, Freemansburg, Lewis, West Virginia, United States.
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- Ella Burnside in household of Elias W Waggoner, "United States Census, 1910"
- Harriett Ellen Waggner Or Waggoner, "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930"
- Harriet E Waggoner, "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971"
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1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German or Dutch Wagner or its German and Dutch variants Wagener and Wagenaar . Compare Waggener and Wagoner .
Possibly also English: altered form of Waghorn . The surname Waggoner is very rare in Britain.
History: A planter named John Waggener or Waggoner, who came to America c. 1670 and lived in Essex County, VA, is said to have been born in Colchester, Essex (England). No documentary source for this origin is given and an English origin is difficult to establish. The nearest similar English surname is Wagner 2, a very rare Norfolk name, originating in the 14th-century. In 17th-century Kent a number of families named Waghorn alias Wagon were occasionally also known as Waggoner (through false association with that word). Direct derivation from the English word wag(g)on is not possible, since it was borrowed into English only in the 16th century from Dutch, and wag(g)oner is an early Modern English coinage.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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