Brief Life History of Della Florence
When Della Florence Wickersham was born on 6 April 1874, in Portland, Wayne Township, Jay, Indiana, United States, her father, Henry Clay Wickersham, was 23 and her mother, Clara Belle Walters, was 21. She married Andrew Linnaeus Byers in 1894, in Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Marshall, West Virginia, United States in 1900 and Anderson, Madison, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. She died on 16 July 1968, in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States.
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- Della Wickersham in household of Henry Wickersham, "United States Census, 1880"
- Unknown, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Della Florence Wickersham Byers, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
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.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
English (Sussex): habitational name from a lost place called Wyckeresham in Framfield (Sussex). The etymology of the placename probably derives from an unknown personal name + Old English hamm ‘water meadow’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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