Brief Life History of Catharine
When Catharine Allison was born on 3 August 1810, in Orange, North Carolina, United States, her father, David Allison, was 46 and her mother, Jane Gwinn, was 37. She married Joseph McCulloch on 17 January 1848. She lived in Little River Township, Orange, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years. She died on 25 March 1899, in Orange, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Orange, North Carolina, United States.
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- Catharine McCullock in household of Joseph McCullock, "United States Census, 1870"
- Catherine Allison, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Catherine McCulloch, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1830 · Trail of Tears
In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: patronymic from the Middle English female personal name Alice, Alis (see Allis ) + -son, meaning ‘Alice's son’.
English and Scottish: from the Middle English female personal name Alison, a common pet form of Alice, Alis. See Allis and compare Ellison .
Scottish: in some cases, a late variant of Allanson (see also Allinson ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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