Brief Life History of Abraham
Abraham Fernandez was born on 22 June 1857, in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, United States. He married Minerva Eliza Davis on 31 December 1877, in Makawao, Maui, Hawaii, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States in 1900. He died on 14 June 1915, in Kingdom of Hawaii, at the age of 57, and was buried in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States.
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- Abraham Fernandez, "United States Census, 1900"
- Abraham, "Hawaii, Marriages, 1826-1954"
- Abraham Fernandez, "Hawaii, Death Records and Death Registers, 1841-1925"
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World Events (8)
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.
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.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Manuel, Juan, Carlos, Luis, Jorge, Miguel, Fernando, Mario, Jesus, Pedro, Francisco. Portuguese Ligia, Joao, Armanda, Godofredo, Wenceslao.
Spanish (Fernández): patronymic from the personal name Fernando . The surname (and to a lesser extent the variant Hernandez ) has also been established in southern Italy, mainly in Naples and Palermo, since the period of Spanish dominance there.
Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the name in 1 above at the moment of conversion to Roman Catholicism. After the return to Judaism (generations later), some Jewish descendants retained the surname that their families had adopted as Roman Catholics.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Excerpt from news paper articles about Abraham Fernandez--1877 to 1922.
1.On the ABRAHAM FERNANDEZ --NOTES ON REVIEW OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLES PERTAINING TO ABRAHAM FERNANDEZ–Et alia----IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER BEGINNING 1877 concluding 1922-- 1877, November 27 Abraham Fernand …
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