Brief Life History of Napoleon Bonaparte
When Napoleon Bonaparte Walden Sr was born on 12 September 1897, in Muscogee, Georgia, United States, his father, Charles Hampton Walden, was 26 and his mother, Sallie Williams, was 21. He had at least 2 sons with Bertha Colistic Thrift. He died on 29 May 1926, in Lee, Alabama, United States, at the age of 28, and was buried in Blackshear, Pierce, Georgia, United States.
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- Napoleon Walden in household of Charlie Walden, "United States Census, 1900"
- Napolion Walden, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- Napolean Bonaparte Walden, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Kings Walden and Saint Pauls Walden (Hertfordshire), Saffron Waldon (Essex), Waldon in Milton Damerel (Devon), and Walden (North Yorkshire). The placenames derives from Old English walh ‘foreigner, Briton, serf’ (genitive plural wala) + denu ‘valley’.
German: patronymic from Wald 3.
Americanized form of Norwegian Wolden or Volden .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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