Brief Life History of Fanny Augusta
When Fanny Augusta Rockwood was born on 20 December 1842, in New York, United States, her father, Samuel Rockwood, was 38 and her mother, Lucy Ann Kellogg, was 26. She married Thomas Jefferson Hewitt in 1862, in Boone, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Lexington, Dawson, Nebraska, United States in 1885 and Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States in 1910. She died on 31 January 1915, in Nebraska, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Lexington, Dawson, Nebraska, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (17)
- Fany Rockwood in household of A Fager, "United States Census, 1860"
- Fanny A. Rockwood, 1862 "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935" Thomas J. Hewitt 1862
- Fannie Rockwood, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
Spouse and Children
1837–1886 Male
1842–1915 Female
Children (10)
1863–1863 Male
1863–1864 Female
1865–1956 Female
1866–1941 Male
1868–1947 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1804–1881 Male
1816–1850 Female
Siblings (2)
1842–1915 Female
1844–1855 Male
World Events (8)
1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized
Age 6
1854
Age 12
1867
Age 25
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English rok(e) ‘rook’ + wod(e) ‘wood’ (Old English hrōc, wudu). The name may be topographic, denoting someone who lived by a wood inhabited by rooks, or habitational, for someone from any of several minor places so named, such as Rookwood Hall in Abbess Roding (Essex), Rook Wood in Finchingfield (Essex), or Rockwood in East Grinstead (Sussex).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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