Brief Life History of William Lawrence
When William Lawrence Halsey was born on 30 March 1835, in New York City, New York County, New York, United States, his father, John Renseler Halsey, was 32 and his mother, Harriet Hilliker, was 24. He married Mary Emily Pulver on 6 September 1865. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Westchester, New York, United States in 1880 and Yonkers, Westchester, New York, United States in 1905. He died on 10 July 1909, in Jonesville, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Yonkers, Westchester, New York, United States.
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- William L Halsey in household of John Dalton, "New York State Census, 1905"
- William Lawrence Halsey, "Find A Grave Index"
- William in entry for Wallace Monroe Halsey and Louise Moritz, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1837
Michigan is the 26th state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name probably from Halsey Farm in Sharnbrook (Bedfordshire), whose medieval spellings lack H- but which has been influenced by the adjacent wood, which was once called Haselho but is now also called Halsey. However, the early examples suggest that another as yet unidentified place (or places) may also have been a source.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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