Brief Life History of Birney H
When Birney H Wells was born on 8 August 1891, in Hartford, Washington, New York, United States, his father, Frank Elmer Wells, was 29 and his mother, Olive M Burdick, was 25. He married Laura E Loudon on 26 November 1919, in Oneonta, Otsego, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Kingsbury, Washington, New York, United States in 1905 and Otsego, New York, United States in 1920. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 20 May 1931, in Oneonta, Otsego, New York, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Oneonta Plains Cemetery, Oneonta, Otsego, New York, United States.
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- Binny Wells in household of Frank Wells, "United States Census, 1900"
- Berney H Wells, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
- Birney H Wells, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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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.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Wells next the Sea (Norfolk) or Wells (Somerset), both named with the plural of Old English wella ‘spring, stream’, or a topographic name for someone who lived near a group of springs or streams.
Americanized form (translation into English) of French Dupuis ‘from the well’.
History: One of numerous early immigrants from England bearing this name was Thomas Welles, governor of colonial CT, who was in Hartford, CT, by 1636.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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