Brief Life History of Lorenzo Hampshire
When Lorenzo Hampshire Sykes was born on 17 January 1856, in Mold Green, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Walker Sykes, was 28 and his mother, Caroline Brown, was 23. He lived in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861. He died on 30 April 1919, in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States.
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- Savinya Sykes in household of John Sykes, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Lorenza Sykes, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- Lorenzo Amshire Sykes, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
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
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): topographic name for someone who lived near a small watercourse, especially one flowing through flat or marshy ground, or near a gully, dip, or hollow, from Middle English sik(e) ‘stream, ditch’ (Old Norse sík). Early and later examples of the surname occur in alternate singular and plural forms. It is the plural or -s form that has become the general usage as a surname, perhaps reinforced by the common practice in the post-medieval period of adding excrescent -s to topographic surnames with an original singular form. By the 16th century the name had spread by migration into the North Midlands. Elsewhere, only Norfolk seems to have produced this name independently, but its survival into the present day is uncertain. Compare Sitch , which once flourished in the West Midlands, and derives from an equivalent word, Middle English sich, of Old English origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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