Brief Life History of Walter
When Walter Harrower was born on 6 January 1844, in Amsterdam, Montgomery, New York, United States, his father, Walter Harrower, was 32 and his mother, Maria Banta, was 32. He married Sarah Cunningham on 2 March 1870. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Perth, Perth, Fulton, New York, United States for about 15 years and Ela Township, Lake, Illinois, United States in 1880. He died on 14 March 1908, in Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Barrington, Cook, Illinois, United States.
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- Walter Harroway in household of Walter Harroway, "United States Census, 1860"
- Walter Harrower, "BillionGraves Index"
- Walter Harrower in entry for William T Harrower, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994"
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1845
Historical Boundaries: 1845: Cook, Illinois, United States [Spreads across Cook and Lake counties]
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1861 · Simple life to Soldiers
Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
Name Meaning
Scottish: perhaps a variant of Harward , which with loss of final -d may have been altered by folk etymology to Harrower (‘one who harrows or ravages’) and Harrier .
English: occupational name from Middle English harwere ‘one who cultivates with a harrow’ (perhaps as a feudal service on manorial land) or ‘maker of harrows’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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