Brief Life History of Frank S.
When Frank S. Galloway was born on 10 April 1862, in Hounsfield, Jefferson, New York, United States, his father, William A Galloway, was 37 and his mother, Maryette Belle, was 26. He married Lettie O Penny on 6 November 1894, in Henderson, Jefferson, New York, United States. He lived in Dexter, Brownville, Jefferson, New York, United States in 1900 and Henderson, Jefferson, New York, United States for about 20 years. He died on 7 April 1935, in Belleville, Jefferson, New York, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Smithville, Jefferson, New York, United States.
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- Frank Galloway in household of William Galloway, "New York State Census, 1865"
- Frank S Gallaway, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
- Frank in entry for Mrs Maryette B Galloway, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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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.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: habitational name from Galloway in southwest Scotland, named as ‘place of the foreign Gaels’, from Gaelic gall ‘foreigner’ + Gaidheal ‘Gael’. From the 8th century or before it was a province of Anglian Northumbria. In the 9th century it was settled by mixed Gaelic-Norse inhabitants from the Hebrides and Isle of Man.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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