Brief Life History of Edward B
When Edward B Passmore was born on 6 November 1851, in Kennett Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, William P. Passmore, was 38 and his mother, Orpha Pusey, was 33. He married Emma Cranston Sharpless on 22 February 1882, in Delaware, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Christiana Hundred, New Castle, Delaware, United States in 1860 and Christiana, New Castle, Delaware, United States in 1880. He died on 14 October 1935, in Kennett Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Kennett Square, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Edward passmore in household of william passmore, "United States Census, 1860"
- Edward B. Passmore, "Find A Grave Index"
- Edward B Passmore, "Delaware Vital Records, 1650-1974"
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1855 · Prohibition Law
Delaware enacted a statewide prohibition law in 1855.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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
English (mainly Devon):
nickname from Old French passe mer ‘cross the sea’, used for a seafarer or sailor. See also Parslow .
habitational name from Peasemore (Berkshire). The placename derives from Old English pise ‘pea’ + mere ‘pool’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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