When Frances Long was born on September 5, 1803, in Shropshire, England, her father, Able, was 37, and her mother, Elizabeth, was 48. She married William Reeves and they had five children together. She then married William Wesley Willis in 1850 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She died on December 10, 1885, in Kanarraville, Utah, having lived a long life of 82 years, and was buried there.
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Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
Louisiana was divided into 19 parishes (rather than counties or boroughs) on March 31, 1807. Currently, there are 64 parishes in Louisiana.
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.
English and French: nickname for a tall person, from Old English lang, long, Old French long ‘long, tall’ (equivalent to Latin longus). Compare Dulong and Lelong .
Irish (Ulster and Munster): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Longáin (see Langan ).
German: variant of Lang ‘long’ and, in North America, also an altered form (translation into English) of this.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesSKETCH OF THE LIFE OF WILLIAM WESLEY WILLIS SR. 16 August 1811--8 November 1872 (This was obtained from Mrs. Mary Brimful of Kirkland, New Mexico on February 28, 1965. She received it from her moth …
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