Brief Life History of William Dempster
When William Dempster Grindrod was born on 23 March 1863, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Walter Grindrod, was 24 and his mother, Elizabeth Dempster, was 27. He married Sarah Ann Farrar on 12 February 1885, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. He died on 19 June 1915, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Wm Grindrod, "United States Census, 1870"
- William Dompster Grindrod, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
- William Dempster Grendrod, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Deaths and Burials, 1856-1971"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · The Assassination of a President
"While attending the play ""Our American Cousin"" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South."
1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad
Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): habitational name apparently from a lost place called Greneroade in Rochdale (Lancashire) named with Middle English grene ‘green’ + rode ‘clearing’ (Old English grēne + rodu).
History: This name is first recorded in Rochdale in 1541 in the spelling Greneroade.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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