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British surnames such as Williams, Jackson, Robinson, Harris, Davis, Brown and Jones are also common among people of non-British descent, such as African Americans due to slavery. [citation needed] Garcia and Martinez represent the rapid growth of several Hispanic communities in the United States. According to the table below, from the 2000 U.S ...
Catherine Murat, Princess Murat (née Catherine Daingerfield Willis). This is a non-exhaustive list of some American socialites, so called American dollar princesses, from before the Gilded Age to the end of the 20th century, who married into the European titled nobility, peerage, or royalty.
1776. Margaret Corbin was the first woman to assume the role of soldier in the American Revolutionary War and receive a pension for it. [10] 1784. Hannah Adams was the first American woman to become a professional writer. [1] Hannah Slater was the first American woman granted a patent.
Her arrest warrant is one of the longest outstanding in American history Kirkland, Anthony: 1987–2009 5 6 Sentenced to death Preyed on young women in the Cincinnati area Klimek, Tillie: 1914–1921 5 7 Died in prison Polish-born Chicago poisoner Knapp, Alfred: 1894–1902 5 5+ Executed 1904
Martínez. 1.6. 10. Sepúlveda. 1.6. Top 10. 24.2. Note: The source (Civil Registry and Identification Service) does not mention the reference year (it was published in 2008) or whether the count includes only the first surname or both surnames (Chile uses two surnames, but the second one is rarely mentioned). It is assumed the first table ...
The following list of cowboys and cowgirls from the frontier era of the American Old West (circa 1830 to 1910) was compiled to show examples of the cowboy and cowgirl genre. Cattlemen, ranchers, and cowboys [ edit ]
Eunice P. Cutter (1819–1898), American, anatomy textbooks Aleksandra Čvorović (b. 1976, Yugoslavia/Bosnia-Herzegovina), wr. & librarian Ptolemais of Cyrene (3rd century BC or later, Ancient Greece), wr. on music
Genghis Khan (c. 1162–1227), captured after a raid and enslaved by the Taichiud. George Africanus (1763–1834), an enslaved African man from Sierra Leone who became a successful entrepreneur in Nottingham. George Edward Doney (1758–1809), Gambian man enslaved by William Capell, 4th Earl of Essex.