Brief Life History of William Ahiga
When William Ahiga Hardin was born on 12 July 1897, in Osage Township, Crawford, Kansas, United States, his father, Presley Taylor Hardin, was 28 and his mother, Rosalpha Temple, was 23. He lived in Sheridan Township, Crawford, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Ross Township, Cherokee, Kansas, United States in 1910. He died on 13 March 1963, in Glenn, California, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Orland, Glenn, California, United States.
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- W A Hardin, "United States Census, 1930"
- Hardin, "Kansas Births and Christenings, 1818-1936"
- W Ahiga Hardin, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
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.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Harding .
Altered form of French Hardouin .
French: from a pet form of any of several ancient Germanic personal names composed of the element hard ‘hard, strong’. This surname is rare in France.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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