Brief Life History of Edward Nash
When Edward Nash Wight was born on 3 June 1862, in Belfast, Waldo, Maine, United States, his father, George E. Wight, was 34 and his mother, Lucy Ann Nash, was 28. He married Ella M. Orff on 10 February 1889, in Waldoboro, Lincoln, Maine, United States. He died in 1922, in Waldoboro, Lincoln, Maine, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Belfast, Waldo, Maine, United States.
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- Eddie N Wight in household of George E Wight, "United States Census, 1870"
- Edward N. Wight, "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- Edward N. Wight, "Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
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.
Name Meaning
Scottish and English: nickname from Middle English wiht, wight ‘agile, nimble, strong, brave’ (Old Norse víg with the Old Norse neuter suffix -t, for which compare the word scant), or from the corresponding Older Scots word wicht. Possibly sometimes a nickname from Middle English wight ‘living creature; small portion or thing’, or from the corresponding Older Scots word wicht.
English: habitational name from the Isle of Wight. The island is recorded as Vectis (its Latin name) c. 150 AD . Its name derives from a British word, perhaps related to Welsh gwaith ‘turn, course’, meaning ‘place of the division’, in reference to the island's position in the Solent.
English and Scottish: variant of White .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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