Brief Life History of Harry Seely
When Harry Seely Spooner was born on 6 November 1874, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, his father, William Spooner, was 27 and his mother, Elizabeth Winchester Brown, was 25. He had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Maud E Gillies. He lived in Union, Rock, Wisconsin, United States in 1940 and Wisconsin, United States in 1963. He died on 15 August 1963, in Evansville, Rock, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Evansville, Rock, Wisconsin, United States.
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- Harry Spooner, "United States Census, 1940"
- Henry S. Spooner, "Illinois, Cook County Birth Registers, 1871-1915"
- Harry Seely Spooner, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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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.
1883 · The Newhall House Hotel Fire
A fire erupted on January 10, 1883, at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee. The fire began at 4:00 am in an elevator shaft and raced up through the building. The fire spread so quickly that many could not escape. General and Mrs. Tom Thumb, stars of P.T. Barnum's circus, were guests in the hotel at the time of the fire. A firefighter reached them by ladder and they were able to escape safely. The exact number of deaths remains unknown as the hotel register was destroyed in the fire, however, the death toll is estimated between 75-90.
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.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name from an unrecorded Middle English sponer, of uncertain meaning. It appears to be a derivative of Middle English spon ‘chip of wood, shingle, spoon’, and could denote either someone who made or fitted wooden roofing shingles or who made and sold spoons as eating implements, typically of wood or horn.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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