When Nephi Aaron Folland was born on 16 April 1861, in Devon, England, United Kingdom, his father, Henry Folland, was 36 and his mother, Harriet Wright, was 33. He died on 25 August 1864, in Wyoming, United States, at the age of 3.
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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.
Some characteristic forenames: German Erwin, Fritz, Johann.
Norwegian: habitational name from a farmstead in Nordmøre, named from Old Norse forland ‘coastal plain below high mountains’.
German: variant of Volland .
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