When William George Newson was born on 14 December 1857, in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, his father, Robert Collings Newson, was 22 and his mother, Mary Ann Bradlaugh, was 21. He married Caroline Percinda Larsen on 29 November 1876, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Ipswich St Matthew, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
English (Suffolk): variant of Newsome .
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