Harry A Brockway

Male7 April 1864–28 June 1944

Brief Life History of Harry A

When Harry A Brockway was born on 7 April 1864, in Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine, United States, his father, Henry L. Brockway, was 34 and his mother, Sophia Jane Fogg, was 25. He lived in Milo, Piscataquis, Maine, United States for about 30 years. He died on 28 June 1944, in Piscataquis, Maine, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry L. Brockway
1830–1874
Sophia Jane Fogg
1838–1922
Hattie M. Brockway
1858–1887
Harry Alton Brockway
1862–1863
Harry A Brockway
1864–1944
Elmer Warren Brockway
1867–1944

Sources (8)

  • Harry A Buckway in household of Ira Fogg, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Harry A. Brockway, "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
  • Harry A. Brockway, "Find A Grave Index"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (4)

World Events (8)

1865

Age 1

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1865 · The Assassination of a President

Age 1

"While attending the play ""Our American Cousin"" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South."

1886

Age 22

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name from Middle English broke ‘brook, stream’ + weye ‘way, road’, for someone who lived ‘(by the) road near the brook’. The name may refer to a lost or as yet unidentified place.

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

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