William David Waters (1898 - 1917)

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Anne (Platt) Waters

Ormonde Dominick Patrick Waters

Cicely Patrica (Sarsfield) Waters

Cicely Patrica (Sarsfield) Waters

John Christopher Waters

Jacqueline Nichola Waters

Helen Mary Ruby Waters

Adrian Eaton Owen Waters

Adrian Eaton (Owen) Waters

Eaton William Waters

Eaton William Waters II

Romie Waters

Abraham Franklin Waters

Samuel Varnum Waters

Ethel Waters

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In 1898, in the year that William David Waters was born, on February 15th, the USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana harbor. The reason for the explosion has never been found, but it killed 266 men. "Remember the Maine" became a rallying cry and precipitated the United States' declaration of war on Spain two months later - the beginning of the Spanish-American War. On December 10th, the war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty gave the U.S. Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam - for $20 million - and, temporarily, Cuba.

In 1900, William was only 2 years old when the unemployment rate in the U.S. was 5.0% and the cost of a first-class stamp was $0.02. 31% of all workers were employed in the public service sector, 19% of women were employed (1 percent of all lawyers and 6 percent of physicians were women), 6% of the workforce were children, and 14% of the workforce was "non-white."

In 1906, when he was only 8 years old, Finland became the first European country to give women the vote and to allow them to run for political office. (Women in Australia and New Zealand already had that right but couldn't run for office.) Although Finland belonged to the Russian Empire, there was great unrest and the Tsar wanted to broker a quick peace. As a part of the brokered peace, women got the vote.

In 1917, in the year of William David Waters's passing, the U.S. Virgin Islands were purchased from Denmark in January. While they are U.S. citizens, Virgin Islanders are ineligible to vote for the President of the United States.