Alonzo Wilbur

Brief Life History of Alonzo

When Alonzo Wilbur was born about 1820, in Ottawa, LaSalle, Illinois, United States, his father, Leonard Tisdale Wilbur, was 17 and his mother, Sophia Abigial Keniston, was 14.

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Leonard Tisdale Wilbur
1804–1858
Sophia Abigial Keniston
1807–1872
Alonzo Wilbur
1820–
Gary Wilbur
1822–1846
Leonard Wilbur
1824–
Lucinda F. Wilbur
1826–1917
Cordelia Wilbur
1838–
Cordelia Lona Wilber
1842–
Emery M Wilbur
1847–
Mary Wilber
1832–1900
Sophia Henrietta Wilbur
1834–1899
Elizabeth K. Wilbur
1837–1861
Caroline N Wilbur
1840–1920
Emily Wilbur
1840–
Emily Mary Wilber
1846–1921

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    World Events (3)

    1820 · Making States Equal

    The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

    1820 · Making Land more affordable

    "The United States law requiring full payment at the time of purchase and registration of any land. to help encourage sales and make land more affordable, Congress reduced the minimum price of dollar per acre and the minimum size that could be purchased. Most of this land for sale was located on the frontier which was then ""The West"". This Act was good for many Americans, but it was also over used by wealthy investors."

    1832

    Historical Boundaries: 1832: LaSalle, Illinois, United States

    Name Meaning

    English: variant of Wilber .

    History: Samuel Wilbur (c. 1585–1656), also known as Wilbore and Wildbore, is recorded in Boston, MA, before 1633 and purchased Boston Common in 1634. He and other religious exiles from MA purchased and settled Aquidneck Island (now RI) in 1637.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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