Brief Life History of Joshua
When Joshua Kendall was born on 16 March 1816, in Burlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, William Kendall, was 41 and his mother, Ruth Skelton, was 38. He married Mersylvia May on 28 April 1839. He lived in Jaffrey, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States for about 10 years. He died on 14 December 1881, in Orange, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Orange, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Joshua Kendall, "United States Census, 1880"
- Joshua Kendall, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Joshua Kendall, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
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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.
1833 · First Public Library Founded in Petersborough
In 1833, the oldest tax-supported public library in the world was established by Reverend Abiel Abbot.
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: habitational name from Kendal in Cumbria, which takes its name from the river Kent + Old Norse dalr ‘valley’, or from the valley of the river Kent itself.
English (of Welsh origin): from an Anglicized form of the Welsh personal name Cynddelw, which was borne by a famous 12th-century Welsh poet. It probably derives from a Celtic word meaning ‘exalted, high’ + delw ‘image, effigy’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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