When Ann Pugh Holroyd was born on 2 December 1856, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Thomas Edward Holroyd, was 36 and her mother, Dinah Williams, was 42. She married Alma Duffin Chambers on 2 June 1881, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 6 March 1922, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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.
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.
English (Yorkshire): habitational name from Howroyd in Barkisland (Yorkshire), from Old English hol ‘hole, hollow’ + rod ‘clearing’. Compare Rhodes .
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