Brief Life History of Clement
When Clement Andrews was born on 15 April 1847, in Mukwonago, Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Sewall Andrews, was 40 and his mother, Sarah Resseguie, was 29. He married Olivia Platner. He lived in Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States in 1850 and Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States in 1880. He died on 17 March 1917, in Waukesha, Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Waukesha, Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States.
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- Clemeth Andrus, "United States Census, 1880"
- Clement Andrews, "Find A Grave Index"
- Clement Andrews, "Wisconsin State Census, 1905"
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1854 · The Creation of the Republican Party
A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim that the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Andrew , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This is the usual southern English patronymic form, also found in Wales; the Scottish and northern English form is Anderson . In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages, e.g. Polish Andrzejewski , Slovenian Andrejčič, Serbian and Croatian Andrić (see Andric ), and Czech Ondráček (see Ondracek ).
Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Aindreis or Irish Mac Aindriú, see McAndrew .
History: This was a common name among the early settlers in New England. Robert Andrews emigrated in 1635 from Norwich, England, to Ipswich, MA. Even before 1635, one Thomas Andrews is recorded as being established in Hingham. A certain William Andrews was a member of John Davenport's company, which sailed from Boston in 1638 to found the New Haven colony.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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