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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- 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"
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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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