When William Nellis Bracken was born on 20 October 1841, in Lockport, Niagara, New York, United States, his father, Joshua Breckon, was 37 and his mother, Hannah Bell, was 27. He married Wilhelmina Ahlstrom on 12 December 1863, in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Rush Lake, Tooele, Utah, United States in 1880 and Election Precinct 18 Mercur, Tooele, Utah, United States in 1900. He registered for military service in 1862. He died on 17 February 1917, in St John, Tooele, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Tooele City Cemetery, Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States.
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EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: Joshua Breckon BIRTH 24 Apr 1804 DEATH 1845 (aged 40–41) BURIAL Tooele City Cemetery Tooele, Tooele County, Utah, USA Show Map PLOT Section 1 MEMORIAL ID 208591655
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
The Dakota War was an armed conflict between the United States and several bands of Dakota Native Americans. It began along the Minnesota River four years after Minnesota was admitted as a state. The Dakota made attacks on hundreds of settlers, which resulted in their deaths. A military tribunal sentenced 303 Dakota men to death for their crimes but 264 of them were exonerated. The remaining 38 were apart of a mass hanging on December 26 that same year. It was the largest mass execution in United States history.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Breacáin ‘descendant of Breacán’, a personal name from a diminutive of breac ‘speckled, spotted’, which was borne by a 6th-century Christian saint who lived at Ballyconnel, County Cavan, and was famous as a healer; Saint Bricin's Military Hospital, Dublin is named in his honor.
Irish: from Ó Bragáin, see Bragan .
English: topographic name from Middle English braken ‘bracken’ (from Old English bræcen or Old Norse brakni), or a habitational name from a place called with this word, such as Bracken in East Yorkshire, Bracken Fold in Westmorland, or Bracon Ash in Norfolk.
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Possible Related NamesBIOGRAPHY OF PETER AHLSTROM Written by his daughter Sarah Ahlstrom Nelson Peter Ahlstrom was a native of Sweden. He was born in Malmo, Sweden April 15, 1835. He was the oldest son of Ole Niel …
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