William Fisher Egan

Brief Life History of William Fisher

When William Fisher Egan was born on 5 April 1872, in Ruby Valley, Nevada, United States, his father, Richard Erastus Egan, was 30 and his mother, Mary Ann Fisher, was 27. He lived in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States in 1880 and West Bountiful Election Precinct, Davis, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 25 December 1900, in Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 28, and was buried in Davis, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Richard Erastus Egan
1842–1918
Mary Ann Fisher
1844–1887
Tamson Minnie Egan
1863–1920
Erastus Howard Egan
1864–1950
Harry Orson Egan
1866–1879
Horace Fredric Egan
1867–1918
John LeRoy Egan
1870–1953
William Fisher Egan
1872–1900
Willard Richard Egan
1872–1955
Joseph Ransom Egan
1874–1874
Ira Irvin Egan
1875–1961
Baby Egan
1876–1876
Linnie Jane Egan
1878–1915
Mary Adelaide Egan
1880–1954
Charles Merritt Egan
1881–1960
David Egan
1884–1975
Baby Egan
1887–1887

Sources (21)

  • William F Egan in household of Richard Egan, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Legacy NFS Source: William Fisher Egan - birth: 5 April 1872; Ruby Valley, Elko, Nevada, United States
  • William F. Egan, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (8)

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.

1875 · A New Civil Rights Act

During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Seamus, Kieran, Parnell, Siobhan, Aileen, Aine, Aisling, Dermot, Donal, Fergus, Finola.

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAodhagáin ‘descendant of Aodhagán’, a personal name from a double diminutive of Aodh ‘fire’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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