Brief Life History of William Stewart
When William Stewart Lyle was born on 30 March 1849, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, William Lyle, was 25 and his mother, Janet Adam, was 24. He married Viola Matilda Case on 22 August 1883, in Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States in 1935 and Ada, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States in 1940. In 1900, at the age of 51, his occupation is listed as railroad foreman in Bingham, Idaho, United States. He died on 3 April 1943, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Rosedale Cemetery, Ada, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States.
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- William Lyle, "Scotland Census, 1861"
- William Stewart Lyle, "Find A Grave Index"
- William S Lyle in entry for Mrs Edna Burnett, "Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries, 1864-2007"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Historical Boundaries 1865: Called Taylor's Crossing, Oneida, Idaho Territory, United States 1866: Named changed to Eagle Rock, Oneida, Idaho Territory, United States 1885: Eagle Rock, Bingham, Idaho Territory, United States 1891: Renamed Idaho Falls, Bingham, Idaho, United States 1911: Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
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
Scottish and English (of Norman origin): topographic or habitational name from Anglo-Norman French del isle ‘from the island’ (from Latin de insula), denoting someone who lived on an island or who came from a place in France named Ile, Isle, or L'Isle. The surname may also in some cases be from Lille (Nord). Compare Lisle and Iles .
Scottish: variant of Lyall .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Life Story of William Stewart Lyle and Viola Case by Helen Gee Woods
When the Union Pacific Railroad came into Idaho Falls area, my uncle William S. Lyle became a telegraph operator and later a depot agent. He was always a scholar and a learned gentleman, loved by oth …
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