Brief Life History of John Levi
When John Levi Dalton was born on 20 August 1866, in Carson City, Ormsby, Nevada, United States, his father, Samuel Lewis Dalton, was 26 and his mother, Rebecca Freelove Rinker, was 25. He married Melvina M Himmighoffen on 6 June 1894, in Calaveras, California, United States. He lived in San Andreas, Calaveras, California, United States for about 5 years and Elkhorn Judicial Township, San Joaquin, California, United States in 1940. He died on 23 July 1942, in Lodi, San Joaquin, California, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Stockton Rural Cemetery, Stockton, San Joaquin, California, United States.
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- John L Dalton, "United States Census, 1930"
- John Levi Dalton, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- John L Dalton, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
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1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco
The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English and Irish: habitational name from any of various places called Dalton in Westmorland, Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland, and Yorkshire, from Old English dæl ‘valley’ (see Dale ) + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
History: The surname was taken to Ireland by English traders in the early 13th century .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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