Brief Life History of Beriah Ward
When Beriah Ward Haley was born on 23 March 1840, in Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States, his father, George W Haley, was 36 and his mother, Mary Ward, was 44. He married Susan Morrill Small on 19 November 1860, in Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He lived in Sabattus, Androscoggin, Maine, United States in 1870 and Webster, Lincoln, Maine, United States for about 20 years. He died on 18 April 1902, in Old Town, Penobscot, Maine, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Fairfield, Somerset, Maine, United States.
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- Beriah W Haley, "United States Census, 1870"
- Beriah Haley, "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"
- Beriah W Haley, "Find A Grave Index"
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1841
Historical Boundaries: 1841: Lincoln, Maine, United States 1854: Androscoggin, Maine, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Hailey (Oxfordshire), Heylee in Chapel en le Frith (Derbyshire), Haley in Northowram (Yorkshire), or one or other of the places called Highley in Parracombe and Upottery (Devon). All the placenames derive from Old English hēg ‘hay’ + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’, except Highley in Upottery, whose first element may be Old English hēah ‘high’.
English (southeastern): aspirated pronunciation of Ayley, a variant of Aylett .
Irish: adopted form of Mac Céile, see McHale .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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