Brief Life History of William Henry
When William Henry Sheffield was born on 28 September 1902, in Fort Littleton, Dublin Township, Fulton, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John William Sheffield, was 19 and his mother, Zelda Lenore Wagner, was 18. He married Mabel H Snider on 6 October 1923, in Fulton, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Dublin Township, Fulton, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years and McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania, United States in 1930. He died on 16 August 1987, in Mercersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 84.
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- Wm H Sheffield, "United States Census, 1930"
- William Henry Sheffield, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- William Sheffield in entry for Joseph Frederick Mort and Donna May Sheffield, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"
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1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
1905 · The Movie Theater
The world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name principally from Sheffield (Yorkshire), but perhaps also from Sheffield Bottom in Burghfield (Berkshire), or Sheffield Park in Fletching (Sussex). The Yorkshire place takes its name from the river Sheaf, itself from Old English scēath ‘boundary’, + Old English feld ‘open country’, while the Berkshire placename derives from Old English scēo ‘shelter’ + feld. The Sussex placename comes from Old English scēap ‘sheep’ + feld.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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