Brief Life History of William Henry
When William Henry Silvernail was born on 12 May 1832, in Minden, Montgomery, New York, United States, his father, Abraham Silvernail, was 21 and his mother, Elizabeth Sitts, was 24. He married Fian Stratton on 27 March 1856, in Leslie, Ingham, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 26 February 1872, in Leslie, Ingham, Michigan, United States, at the age of 39.
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- Henry Silvernail, "United States Census, 1870"
- William Henry Silvernail, "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962"
- Henry Silvernail, "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1837
Michigan is the 26th state.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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Americanized form (translation into English) of German Silbernagel .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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