Brief Life History of George Washington
When George Washington Lance was born on 15 February 1862, in Walker, Texas, United States, his father, Lewis Lance, was 38 and his mother, Temperance Tomlinson, was 24. He lived in Oneida, Idaho, United States in 1910 and Salmon Falls, El Dorado, California, United States in 1930. In 1910, at the age of 48, his occupation is listed as stone mason in Oneida, Idaho, United States. He died on 13 February 1932, in Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Gibson Flats, Cascade, Montana, United States.
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- George W Lance, "United States Census, 1910"
- George Washington Lance, "Find A Grave Index"
- George Lance, "Montana, Cascade County Records, 1880-2009"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865 · Juneteenth (Slaves Were Freed)
"On June 19, 1865, Gordon Granger (Union Major) read General Orders, No. 3 to the people of Galveston. The statement was written as follows: ""The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor. The freedmen are advised to remain quietly at their present homes and work for wages. They are informed that they will not be allowed to collect at military posts and that they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere."""
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
English: from the ancient Germanic personal name Lanzo, originally a short form of various compound names with the first element land ‘land, territory’ (for example, Lambert ), but later used as an independent name. It was introduced to England by the Normans, for whom it was a popular name among the ruling classes, perhaps partly because of association with Old French lance ‘lance, spear’ (see 2 below).
French: metonymic occupational name for a soldier who carried a lance, or a nickname for a skilled fighter, from Old French lance ‘lance, spear’.
Americanized form of German Lanz and Lenz .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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George W. Lance, Obit, 14 February, 1932
Great Falls Tribune (MT), 14 Feb 1932: George W. Lance, aged 70 years, of 1923 Seventh avenue north, died in this city Saturday evening. The body is at the O'Connor funeral chapel. --- 18 Feb 1932--G …
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