Wesley Howard

Male1842–

Brief Life History of Wesley

When Wesley Howard was born in 1842, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Leonard Dent Howard, was 36 and his mother, Rhoda Arnold, was 36. He lived in Owen, Kentucky, United States in 1850.

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Family Time Line

Leonard Dent Howard
1806–
Rhoda Arnold
1806–
Amanda Howard
1837–
Nicholas L. Howard
1838–1893
John Howard
1839–
Henry Howard
1840–
Wesley Howard
1842–
Catharine Howard
1847–

Sources (1)

  • Wesley Howard in household of Rhoda Howard, "United States Census, 1850"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (6)

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World Events (8)

1846

Age 4

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1850 · 8th Most Populated State

Age 8

According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

Age 33

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.

Name Meaning

English: of Norman origin, from the Middle English personal names Huward (also Howard) and Heward, from Old French Huard (itself from ancient Germanic Hugihard, hugi- ‘mind, understanding, spirit’ + hard- ‘hardy, bold’). As Hugh appears in Middle English as both How and Hew, this is the definite origin of Heward and a source of Howard. This surname is also very common among African Americans. See Hugh .

English: from the Middle English personal name Haward or Howard, usually an Anglicized form of Old Danish Hāwarth (Old Norse Hávarthr, from ‘high’ + varthr ‘guard, guardian, warden’). Alternation between Haward and Howard may have led to later confusion with Hayward .

English: occasionally a variant of Ewart 2.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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