Brief Life History of William Patrick
William Patrick Flood was born in 1823, in New York, United States as the son of Flood. He married Jane Corneby in 1850. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 24 February 1870, in Athens Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Patrick Flood, "United States Census, 1860"
- Patrick W Flood, "Find A Grave Index"
- Patrick Flood, "United States Census, 1850"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
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.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name from Middle English flod, flud(e) ‘stream’ (Old English flōd) or ‘channel, gutter’ (Old English flōde), for someone who lived beside such a feature or who lived at a place so called, such as Flood in Drewsteignton and Fludda in Hennock, both in Devon.
Welsh: variant of Floyd , an Anglicized form of the Welsh personal name Llwyd (see Lloyd ).
Irish: translation into English of various names correctly or erroneously associated with Gaelic tuile ‘flood’ (see Toole and Tully ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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