When William Kenison was born on 12 October 1881, in Salelavalu, Samoa, his father, David Kenison Sr., was 45 and his mother, Ann Elizabeth Craib, was 37. He married Mattie Lorena Wardell on 4 October 1910, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He immigrated to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1909 and lived in Cowley, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States for about 10 years. He died on 14 January 1965, in Lovell, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Cowley, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States.
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A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
Historical Boundaries: 1890: Big Horn, Wyoming Territory, United States 1897: Big Horn, Wyoming, United States.
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
English: variant of Kennison . This surname is rare in Britain.
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Possible Related NamesHand Written Notes of Elburn Kenison, Son of William Kenison. My grandfather, David Kenison (born April 20, 1836 in Halafax Nova Scotia) left home in Nova Scotia as a stow away on a freighting ship a …
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