Brief Life History of William Edward
When William Edward Shirley was born on 23 March 1872, in Georgia, United States, his father, James Perry Shirley, was 40 and his mother, Mildred Jane Taylor, was 36. He married Eva A Burch on 22 October 1900, in Telfair, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in District 462, Newton, Georgia, United States in 1910 and Macon, Noxubee, Mississippi, United States in 1930. He died on 6 January 1935, in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States.
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- William E Shirley, "United States Census, 1920"
- W E Shirley, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- William. Shirley, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
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1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1877 · Mississippi State Board of Health is Created
In 1877, the Mississippi State Board of Health was established to protect and advance health throughout the state. There are several different categories that fall under their watch such as disease, environment, injury, standard care, shots, keep records, and more.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the places so named, such as Shirley (Warwickshire), Shirley in Millbrook (Hampshire), Shirley (Surrey), Shirley in Owston (Yorkshire), and Shirley (Derbyshire). The placenames probably derive from Old English scīr ‘bright’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’, though some may have scīr ‘district, shire’ as the initial element if they lie on a boundary; for example, the Warwickshire place lies on the Warwickshire-Worcestershire boundary. The name Shirley first appears in Ireland in the late 17th century, following the granting of lands to a Shirley family in the barony of Farney, Monaghan.
History: William Shirley (1694–1771) was born in Sussex, England, and came to MA in 1731. He rose in the colonial service, was appointed governor in 1741, and was responsible for the British capture of the French fortress of Louisbourg, Cape Breton Island, in 1745.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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