William J Lockhard

Male15 January 1878–12 December 1943

Brief Life History of William J

When William J Lockhard was born on 15 January 1878, in Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Alexander Lockard, was 26 and his mother, Sarah Ann Cressman, was 20. He married Stella M Young on 10 May 1902, in Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States. He died on 12 December 1943, in Plainfield Township, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 65.

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William J Lockhard
1878–1943
Stella M Young
1880–1948
Marriage: 10 May 1902

Sources (2)

  • William Lockard in household of Elexandria Lockard, "United States Census, 1880"
  • William Lockard, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    10 May 1902Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States

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    Siblings (3)

    World Events (8)

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

    Age 3

    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.

    1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

    Age 4

    A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 18

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    Name Meaning

    Scottish and English: nickname from Old French locart, a Normanno-Picard form of Old French lo(s)chart ‘one who squints, who is cross-eyed’, attested in 13th- and 14th-century Arras (Pas-de-Calais) as Louchard, Lochard, Locard and Locart. It is a derivative of Latin luscus ‘one-eyed’. In France Locard is mostly found in Normandy (especially Calvados) c. 1900, while Louchart is mainly concentrated in Pas-de-Calais at the same time.

    Americanized form of German Luckhardt .

    History: According to family tradition, Sir Simon Locard held the key to the locked silver casket in which Robert the Bruce's heart was taken to be buried in the Holy Land in 1329. This unverifiable story is no doubt related to the later spelling of the Scottish surname as Lockhart and to the addition of a heart and fetterlock to the family coat of arms (date unknown).

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

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