Brief Life History of George Walter
When George Walter Stringham was born on 5 October 1853, in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, his father, Jeremiah Stringham, was 28 and his mother, Sarah Ann Bovee, was 22. He married Emily Billings on 24 November 1874, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 2 December 1913, in Thurber, Wayne, Utah, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Bicknell, Wayne, Utah, United States.
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- Walter Stringham, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Geo W Stringam, "Utah, County Birth and Death Records,1892-1951"
- George W Stringham, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Historical Boundaries: 1865: Piute, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Piute, Utah, United States
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
English (London): habitational name from Strensham (Worcestershire), recorded as Stringesham in 1328. The placename appears to derive from an Old English personal name Streng (genitive Strenges) + Old English hām ‘village, homestead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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