Brief Life History of Joseph Fabens
When Joseph Fabens Worcester was born on 4 August 1853, in Stoneham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Noah Worcester, was 24 and his mother, Ellen Rebecca Pierce, was 22. He lived in Massachusetts, United States in 1870. He died in August 1875, in Stoneham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 22.
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- Joseph Worcester in household of Noah A Worcester, "United States Census, 1860"
- Joseph Fabins Worcester, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
- Joseph F. Worcester, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"
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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.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from the city of Worcester. The placename means ‘the Roman town of the Weogoran’, from an Old English tribal name Weogoran (genitive plural Weogorena) + Old English ceaster ‘city, Roman town’.
History: Rev. William Worcester emigrated from England and settled in Salisbury, MA, before 1638. He had many prominent descendants, including Noah Worcester (born 1758) and Samuel Worcester (born 1770), both NH Congregational clergymen, and Joseph Emerson Worcester (1784–1865), a noted lexicographer, geographer, and historian.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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