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  William Henry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Henry, (1729-1786), U.S. gunsmith, Pennsylvania delegate to Continental Congress
William III of England is sometimes known as "William Henry, Prince of Orange" as a translation of his Dutch title "Willem Hendrik, Prins van Oranje"
William IV of England was known as "William Henry, Duke of Clarence" before he became king.
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 Some Descendants of Alexander Henry - pafg04.asp - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
William Henry (William Alexander, John, Alexander) was born on 30 Sep 1754 in Fluvanna Co., VA.
William Adkins Henry was born on 3 Aug 1808.
William McDowell (Mary Jane Henry, John, Alexander) was born in 1761 in Studley, Hanover Co., VA. He died on 24 Aug 1835 in Marion Co., IN.
www.juch.org /henry/pafg04.asp   (977 words)

  
 Some Descendants of Alexander Henry - pafg03.asp - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
William married (1) Mary McNair in VA. Mary was born in 1736 in SCO.
William Henry was born on 30 Sep 1754.
Alexander Spotswood Henry was born on 2 Jun 1788.
www.juch.org /henry/pafg03.asp   (5756 words)

  
 WILLIAM ALEXANDER
William Alexander was born in 1749 in Pennsylvania.
William Alexander purchased (for 5 shillings) 159 acres of land from William Duff - The land was located on the north side of the Holston River.
William Alexander and his wife Anne (of the County of Greene in the Territory of the United States south of the river Ohio) sold (for $334.00) 159 acres of land to John Gilliland - The land had previously been purchased by William Alexander from William Duff.
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 Supreme Court of Canada - William Alexander Henry
William Alexander Henry was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on December 30, 1816.
He was the son of Robert Nesbit Henry and Margaret Hendricken.
He studied law in the office of Alexander McDougall in Antigonish and was called to the bar in 1841.
www.scc-csc.gc.ca /AboutCourt/judges/henry/index_e.asp   (223 words)

  
 William Henry HALES
William Henry "Scott" HALES died 9 DEC 1921 in Greene County, Alabama and is buried in the Sardis Cemetery in Greene County, Alabama.
William Henry HALES died 16 JAN 1945 at Tulsa, Oklahoma and was buried 18 JAN 1945 at Parsons, Kansas.
William M. Born SEP 1877 in North Carolina and of Kenly, Johnston, North Carolina in 1900 and of Johnston County, North Carolina in 1910 the son of Elias HALES and Martha...
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 Henry, William Alexander
Henry, William Alexander, lawyer, politician, judge (b at Halifax 30 Dec 1816; d at Ottawa 3 May 1888).
Henry achieved a solid legal and political reputation, cemented by his role as a FATHER OF CONFEDERATION.
Henry attended the 3 Confederation conferences as Nova Scotia's attorney general and enthusiastically promoted the movement at home; he reputedly helped draft the British North America Act in London.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0003713   (130 words)

  
 Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
In the assembly Henry was described as an opportunist, a dull and prosy speaker who delivered a speech like “a tired boy turning a grindstone.” He was, however, personally popular, “a great mixer,” admired as a sportsman, and noted for looking after the interests of his constituents.
Henry, a Presbyterian with Catholic relatives, represented a predominantly Catholic constituency and claimed in the assembly that Condon’s dismissal was persecution on religious grounds.
It was felt that Henry, as one of the fathers of confederation, knew the intentions of the framers of the BNA Act, especially with respect to the division of powers between the federal and provincial legislatures.
www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=39699&query=henry   (1477 words)

  
 Henry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Henry found that the self-inductance is greatly affected by the configuration of the circuit, especially the coiling of the wire.
Henry noted that tourists who viewed it "all appear to be specially interested in knowing the condition of weather to which their friends at home are subjected at the time." He shared the telegraph dispatches with the Washington Evening Star, which, in May 1857, began publishing daily weather conditions at nearly twenty different cities.
Henry apparently envisioned a system of storm warnings, announcing in his annual report for 1857 that he hoped the following year to arrange with telegraph lines "to give warning on the eastern coast of the approach of storms." But he was not able to implement the plan before the Civil War engulfed the nation.
chem.ch.huji.ac.il /~eugeniik/history/henry.html   (5717 words)

  
 William Alexander Henry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Alexander Henry (December 30, 1816 – May 3, 1888) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and judge.
After service as a cabinet minister in Nova Scotia in governments led by both the Liberals and the Conservatives, Henry was a delegate to all three Confederation Conferences, and may have helped draft the British North America Act, i.e., the Canadian constitution.
He was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1875.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Alexander_Henry   (120 words)

  
 rice - ricg32.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Emory Alexander (William Henry Alexander, Jordan Alexander, Lavina Rice, Isaac, Moses, Matthew) was born 14 Dec 1898.
Marvin Marcus Alexander (William Henry Alexander, Jordan Alexander, Lavina Rice, Isaac, Moses, Matthew) was born 2 Feb 1903 in Oconee Co., SC.
Raymond Kay Alexander (William Henry Alexander, Jordan Alexander, Lavina Rice, Isaac, Moses, Matthew) was born 13 Sep 1904 in Oconee Co., SC.
www.homestead.com /oldpend3/files/rice/ricg32.htm   (954 words)

  
 William Alexander & Jane (Turner)
William Alexander Grimshaw was born in 1854 in New York.
William Alexander was the son of John James and Mary Ann (Mahoney) Grimshaw and the grandson of George and Charlotte (Menard) Grimshaw; both of these families are the subject of companion webpages.
Alexander Grimshaw was born in Jefferson county, New York, August 20, 1854, and died March 14, 1937, at the family home in Beloit, at the age of 82 years.
www.grimshaworigin.org /WebPages/WilmAlex.htm   (3415 words)

  
 Alexander Henry's Travels and Adventures - Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Alexander Henry was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey in August 1739.
Henry survived the massacre at Michilimackinac of 1763, rescued by his adopted Indian brother Wawatam.
Henry the Younger's journal also intersects with the autobiography of John Tanner, a white boy who was captured and adopted by the Ottowa tribe that was closely associated with Henry's trading fort on the Red River.
www.darkshire.org /~lizzard/henry/biography.html   (621 words)

  
 ALEXANDER MACKENZIE FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Alexander Mackenzie, PC (January_28, 1822 – April_17, 1892), a building contractor and writer, was the second Prime_Minister_of_Canada from November_7, 1873 to October_8, 1878.
As Prime Minister, Alexander Mackenzie strove to reform and simplify the machinery of government.
Alexander Mackenzie declined all offers of a British knighthood because of his Scottish heritage.
www.bellabuds.com /Alexander_Mackenzie   (398 words)

  
 McGuffey Papers - McGuffey Family Genealogy
WILLIAM "Scotch-Billy" McGUFFEY was born in 1742, in Galloway, Wigtownshire, Scotland.
Alexander assisted his brother with the famous readers and was alone responsible for the 1838 speller and the fifth reader.
William was a law professor and served as the dean of the law school at Emory University.
www.lib.muohio.edu /mcguffey/genealogy.php   (4000 words)

  
 William Alexander Henry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Henry resigned his position as provincial secretary and went over to the conservative party.
In the Tupper administration of 1863, Henry became attorney general and an obvious choice as one of the delegates
He was not particularly active at Quebec, but in London he registered his fear that the appointed senate might thwart the will of the elected commons and suggested that the government of the day should be given authority to create new senators to override determined opposition.
www.hpedsb.on.ca /smood/fathers/henry.htm   (244 words)

  
 William Henry Alexander
William Henry Alexander was born in Ashville, NC and lived as a child in West Ashville.
After he was married, "Willie" became known as "Bill" Alexander and was a partner with "S.C." in the hardware business...later he opened his own Radio Sales and Repair store, which he operated until WW II when he was mobilized to work for the Army Signal Corps.
William married Ruth Clarissa Rettig on 1 Aug 1928 in Carlisle Ohio.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~humefamily/5737.htm   (425 words)

  
 Alexander Henry
HENRY, Alexander, traveller, born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1739; died in Montreal, Canada, 4 April, 1824.
Henry now assumed the Indian garb, and lived among the savages till June, 1764, when he went to Fort Niagara, and was given the command of an Indian battalion of ninety-six men, with which he accompanied the army of General John Bradstreet to Detroit.
After the relief of that city and the flight of Pontiac, Henry resumed the fur-trade, and until 1776 travelled in that employment in the northwest, between Montreal and the Rocky mountains.
www.famousamericans.net /alexanderhenry1   (499 words)

  
 Alexander Family History
The Alexander of my family were one of the settlers of Martic Township, PA. John Adam Alexander was son of Joh Alexander III who was son of John Alexander II who was son of James Alexander of Ulster, Irland.
Nancy Alexander birth date of 10/15/1934Roy J. Alexander birth date of 1/2/1896Nora Alexander brith date of 6/11/1888John Alexander birth date of 11/19/1844if you could help me i would be very thankful and if you have contact with a Todd Alexander would you have him contact me, my home phone is 515-465-9475 thurs.
Lucy's father was Robert Alexander of KY. He was the first president of the Bank of Kentucky, in his earlier years he was the private secretary to Benjiman Franklin in France.
www.geocities.com /marka26_99/gbarc.htm   (1307 words)

  
 William & Jane McCallister - Henry Alexander McCallister's branch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Henry's father was John Madison (1855 - 1937) who was the second child of Andrew David.
Henry never was married, so was father to none [smart man ;-)].
Henry and Harold Francis Dodd, a son of his sister Lucy Emma, were very close.
www.sonofallister.com /jmmham.html   (418 words)

  
 Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
HENRY, WILLIAM ALEXANDER, lawyer, politician, and judge; b.
During the late 1830s he studied law with Alexander McDougall, and he was admitted to the bar as attorney in 1840 and barrister in 1841.
In the federal election of 18 Sept. 1867, when only one pro-confederate mp was elected in Nova Scotia, Henry was defeated in Antigonish County by Hugh McDonald*, one of his former law students and a leading anti-confederate.
www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=39699&query=henry   (1477 words)

  
 Colin Alexander Henry Binks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Eliza was the daughter of William Sajeant, a Miller.
The deceased was a native of Woolwich, England and in 1857 with her family removed to settled in Canada in Perth.
After the decease of her husband some years ago she went to Ottawa to reside with her son William a journeyman printer there and a graduate of the Courier office.
www.btinternet.com /~timhuskisson/family/ancestors/colinalexanderhenrybinks.htm   (256 words)

  
 Manitoba Pageant: Alexander Henry's Hen
Furthermore it was important enough to be recorded in Alexander Henry's diary.
All this activity took place in the Red River Valley when Alexander Henry, the early fur trader and explorer, was at Pembina.
He was the nephew of the earlier Alexander Henry who survived the massacre at Michilimackinac during Pontiac's uprising, 1763.
www.mhs.mb.ca /docs/pageant/02/henryshen.shtml   (518 words)

  
 Alexander Henry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Henry, Alexander, two fur traders, uncle and nephew, of the Old Northwest, each of whom left a valuable journal of his travels and experiences.
Men's designers eye TV shopping networks; Alexander Julian, Jhane Barnes and Henry Grethel, among others, are waiting in the wings for their debut on cable TVs shopping shows.
Shanklin rejects England for the land of his father Nick Alexander says the Saracens centre's decision to pursue an international career with Wales is a major coup for Graham Henry (The Sunday Telegraph)
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 henry chapman ford etchings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Henry Chapman Ford Books: Search Results from Alibris Author: Henry Chapman Ford - 2 matching titles including Etchings of California Used, New.
Alegre, William Alexander, Henry Thomas Alken, James Edward...
Henry Ford and the Nazis I would like to outline the importance attached by high [Nazi] officials to respect the desire and maintain the good will of "Ford," and by "Ford" I mean your father...
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 rice - ricg85.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Sarah Eloise Moore (Rosa Madden, James Z Madden, Nancy Ann Alexander, Lavina Rice, Isaac, Moses, Matthew) was born 1921.
James Harold Porter (Elizabeth Catherine Madden, James Z Madden, Nancy Ann Alexander, Lavina Rice, Isaac, Moses, Matthew) was born 1945 in Oconee Co., SC.
Ronnie Jay Madden (, James Z Madden, Nancy Ann Alexander, Lavina Rice, Isaac, Moses, Matthew) was born 17 Jul 1953 in Oconee Co., SC.
www.homestead.com /oldpend3/files/rice/ricg85.htm   (473 words)

  
 William J. Alexander
Not only did the three Brewster sisters, one of whom was my g-g-g-g-grandmother, serve their country during the American Revolution, but some of my researcher cousins are investigating the evidence of Revolutionary War service of one of their husbands.
Furthermore, it seems unlikely that Agnes, as William's widow, could have applied for a pension because one had to be destitute to qualify for a pension under the 1831 Act and William's 1818 last will and testament indicates that he was rather well-to-do...
And finally, Alexander descendants and family researchers commonly report, without any source attribution as far as I am aware, that William Alexander was born about May 1765 in Augusta County.
www.cwcfamily.org /wja.htm   (703 words)

  
 (William Alexander BENNETT - Henry BERTHRONG )   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
William Alexander BENNETT (1 Sep 1875 - 2 Feb 1877)
William Howard BENNETT (2 Feb 1904 - ____)
Henry BERTHRONG (Jr.) (28 Nov 1814 - 20 Feb 1826)
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 rice - ricg149.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Mary Susan Wakester (Mary Sue Alexander, James Oscar Alexander, James Lawrence Alexander, Amanda E. Rice, Isaac, Isaac, Moses, Matthew) was born 1951.
Wade Hampton Pressley (James Clyde Pressley,, Daniel Columbus Alexander, Amanda E. Rice, Isaac, Isaac, Moses, Matthew) was born 1939.
Shirley Esther Rice (Ruth Elizabeth Pressley,, Daniel Columbus Alexander, Amanda E. Rice, Isaac, Isaac, Moses, Matthew) was born 1938.
www.homestead.com /oldpend3/files/rice/ricg149.htm   (378 words)

  
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William Smith of the colony of New York proposed it.
In 1858, Alexander Tilloch Galt, George-Étienne Cartier and
John Ross travelled to Great Britain to present the British Parliament with a federation project for the British colonies.
en-cyclopedia.com /wiki/Canadian_Confederation   (857 words)

  
 MWP: William Alexander Percy (1885-1942)
A Mississippi Delta planter, lawyer, poet, man of letters, and gentleman from Greenville, William Alexander Percy is best known for his autobiography, Lanterns on the Levee, a book revealing not only the man but also the region, the times in which he lived, and the culture that shaped him.
Holmes, William F. "William Alexander Percy and the Bourbon Era in the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta." Mississippi Quarterly: The Journal of Southern Culture 26 (1973): 71-87.
Lawson, Lewis A. "William Alexander Percy, Walker Percy, and the Apocalypse." Modern Age: A Quarterly Review 24 (1980): 396-406.
www.olemiss.edu /depts/english/ms-writers/dir/percy_william_alexander   (294 words)

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