Brief Life History of William Gibson
When William Gibson Bracken was born on 26 February 1852, in Center Township, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Asbury Poole Bracken, was 34 and his mother, Sarah Gibson, was 30. He married Sarah Belle Deemer on 7 November 1872, in Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880 and Allegheny Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900. He died on 24 December 1918, in Brackenridge, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 66.
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- William Brachin, "United States Census, 1880"
- Wilbur Bracken in entry for Robert W Bracken, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
- Gibson W Bracken in household of Asby B Bracken, "United States Census, 1870"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Breacáin ‘descendant of Breacán’, a personal name from a diminutive of breac ‘speckled, spotted’, which was borne by a 6th-century Christian saint who lived at Ballyconnel, County Cavan, and was famous as a healer; Saint Bricin's Military Hospital, Dublin is named in his honor.
Irish: from Ó Bragáin, see Bragan .
English: topographic name from Middle English braken ‘bracken’ (from Old English bræcen or Old Norse brakni), or a habitational name from a place called with this word, such as Bracken in East Yorkshire, Bracken Fold in Westmorland, or Bracon Ash in Norfolk.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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