When Hannah Hull Rutty was born on 1 September 1808, in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, her father, Levi Rutty, was 34 and her mother, Hannah Hull, was 33. She married Bela Burr on 7 November 1836, in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 27 September 1885, in Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Higganum, Haddam, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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.
Farmington Canal spans 2,476 acres, starting from New Haven, Connecticut, and on to Northampton, Massachusetts. The groundbreaking for the canal was in 1825 and opened in 1829.
Some characteristic forenames: French Yvon.
English: unexplained.
Altered form of Swiss German Rütti: topographic name denoting someone living in a clearing, from rüti ‘clearing’ (compare German Reuter ). The surname Rutty of ultimately Swiss German origin is also found in France (Isère), where it is very rare.
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