Brief Life History of Abraham
Abraham Newland was born on 29 September 1800, in Virginia, United States. He married Elizabeth " Betsy" Custer on 19 May 1824, in Warren, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Hopewell Township, Mercer, Ohio, United States in 1850. In 1850, at the age of 50, his occupation is listed as farmer. He died on 13 May 1881, in Minerva, Marshall, Iowa, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Eden Cemetery, Eden Township, Marshall, Iowa, United States.
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Sources (14)
- Abraham Newland, "United States Census, 1850"
- Abraham Newland, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Abraham Newland, "Iowa, Death Records, 1888-1904"
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World Events (8)
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1812 · Monumental Church Built
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
1824 · "Mary Randolph Publishes ""The Virginia Housewife"""
“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name from Middle English newe ‘new’ + land ‘land’ (Old English nīwe, land), for someone who lived by a patch of land recently brought into cultivation or recently added to the village, or a habitational name from any of a number of settlements called Newland for this reason.
Americanized form (translation into English) of Scandinavian Nyland or of German Neuland and North German Nieland, from any of several habitational names from any of the places called Neuland or Nieland(e) in Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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