Brief Life History of Alden
When Alden Tower was born on 2 March 1808, in Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Nathaniel Tower III, was 35 and his mother, Hannah Reed, was 36. He married Laura Everett on 13 December 1832, in Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Massachusetts, United States in 1870 and Worthington, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada in 1915. He died on 27 March 1880, in Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Alden Tower, "Massachusetts State Census, 1855"
- Alden Tower, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Alden Tower, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · War of 1812
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a tower, usually a defensive fortification or watchtower, from Middle English, Old French tūr (from Latin turris).
English: occupational name for someone who dressed white leather, cured with alum rather than tanned with bark, from an agent derivative of Middle English taw(en) (Old English tawian ‘to prepare, make ready’).
Americanized form of German Tauer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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