Louisa Beach

Brief Life History of Louisa

When Louisa Beach was born in 1817, in Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, United States, her father, Rufus Beach, was 22 and her mother, Cynthia Mattison, was 19. She married James F Davidson on 16 July 1835, in Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, United States. She died in 1836, in Monroe, Michigan, United States, at the age of 19.

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James F Davidson
1810–1885
Louisa Beach
1817–1836
Marriage: 16 July 1835

Sources (2)

  • Louisa Beach, "Michigan, Marriages, 1822-1995"
  • Louisa Beach, "Michigan, Marriages, 1822-1995"

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World Events (6)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name from Middle English beche ‘beech-tree’ (Old English bēce) or Middle English beche ‘stream’ (Old English bæce). Middle English beche may be from Old English bēce ‘beech’ or bæce ‘stream’, and without further evidence it is impossible to distinguish these in Middle English.

Americanized form of Alsatian and German Bitsch: habitational name from Bitche (German Bitsch) in Alsace and Lorraine, at the foot of the northern slope of the Vosges.

Americanized form of German (mainly Hesse) Bitsch: unexplained.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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