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Historical Boundaries - NOTE: Twality is sometimes spelled Tuality. 1845: Twality, Oregon Country, United States; 1846: Twality , Oregon Unorganized Federal Territory, United States; 1848: Twality , Oregon Territory, United States; 1849: Washington, Oregon Territory, United States; 1854: Multnomah, Oregon Territory, United States; 1859: Multnomah, Oregon, United States
The capital of Michigan was moved from Detroit to Lansing on March 17, 1847. The capital was moved to be further away from Canada, to encourage settlement and boost economy toward the inner regions of the state, and to make to capital more accessible to everyone statewide.
Oregon became the 33rd state admitted to the Union on February 14, 1859.
English: habitational name from one or more places called with Middle English silver ‘silver’ (Old English seolfor) + wode ‘wood’ (Old English wudu), presumably referring to the color of birch trees. One source of the surname appears to be a lost place in Greasley (Nottinghamshire), on the edge of Sherwood Forest. Another source may be Silver Wood in Ravenfield (Yorkshire), and there may have been yet another in the Craven area of Yorkshire. The surname was sometimes shortened to Silwood and Selwood.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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