Brief Life History of Samuel Nelson
When Samuel Nelson Alger Sr. was born on 26 April 1858, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, John Alger, was 37 and his mother, Sarah Ann Pulsipher, was 33. He married Ruth Elmina Pace on 3 February 1884, in Graham, Arizona, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860 and Helper, Carbon, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 25 November 1911, in Cleveland, Emery, Utah, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Cleveland Cemetery, Cleveland, Emery, Utah, United States.
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- Samuel N. Alger, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Samuel Nelson Alger - birth: 26 April 1858; Payson, Utah, Utah, United States
- Samuel Z. Alger, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
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1862 · Battle of Roanoke Island
On February 7, 1862, General Burnside's expedition started with the Battle of Roanoke Island. The battle was mostly fought by the Union and Confederate Navy's. This was a Union victory.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
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.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Alger. Pronounced with a soft g it is from Old French Alg(i)er, Aug(i)er (ancient Germanic Adalgari, composed of the elements adal ‘noble’ + gāri ‘spear’); see Auger . Pronounced with a hard g, it is a variant of Algar .
Scottish and English: in Scotland, Alger may be a variant of Algeo .
German: from a shortened form of the ancient Germanic personal name Adalgar (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Samuel Nelson Alger - Short life sketch
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF SAMUEL NELSON ALGER Samuel Nelson Alger, Sr., son of John Alger and Sarah Pulsipher, was born April 26, 1858 at Payson, Utah. The family was on its way to the southern part of …
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