Brief Life History of Frank
When Frank Sherby was born in 1861, in Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence, New York, United States, his father, John Sherby, was 25 and his mother, Adelia "Delia" Goodness, was 27. He married Henrietta Rogers on 22 June 1921, in Oswego, New York, United States. He lived in Granby, Oswego, New York, United States in 1870.
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- Frank Sherby in household of John Sherby, "United States Census, 1870"
- Frank Sherby, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
Irish (Monaghan): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Séartha ‘son of Séartha’, an Irish form of Geoffrey . Compare McSherry 2.
Welsh, English (Shropshire): perhaps a Welsh pronunciation of the Old French personal name Geri, Jery (see Geary ), with [ʃ] for French and Middle English [ʤ], as in Welsh Siôn (see Shown ) for John .
English and Scottish: perhaps a variant of Sherriff , with loss of final -f influenced by the variation between Bayliff and Bailey .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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