Brief Life History of Margaret Ann
Margaret Ann Billson was born in 1836, in New York, United States. She married Abner Bell on 19 November 1852, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Cache Creek Judicial Township, Yolo, California, United States in 1860 and Union Township, Jefferson, Kansas, United States in 1870.
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- Margaret Bell in household of James M Bell, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Margaret Ann Billson - Government record: Census record: birth: 1820; New York, United States
- Mary A Bell in household of Abner Bell, "United States Census, 1860"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1848 · The California Gold Rush
On January 24, 1848, gold was found at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California, which began the California gold rush. In December of that same year, U.S. President James Polk announced the news to Congress. The news of gold lured thousands of “forty-niners” seeking fortune to California during 1849. Approximately 300,000 people relocated to California from all over the world during the gold rush years. It is estimated that the mined gold was worth tens of billions in today’s U.S. dollars.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
Name Meaning
English (Leicestershire):
habitational name, in most cases is from Billesdon in Leicestershire, from the Old English personal name Bil(l)+ Old English dūn ‘hill’. Alternative sources include Bilstone in Leicestershire and either Bilson or Bilston in Staffordshire.
metronymic meaning ‘son of Bille’, from the Middle English female personal name Bille + -son (see Bill 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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