When Hannah Haney was born on 29 March 1821, in Virginia, United States, her father, John Jarrad Jr., was 45 and her mother, Elizabeth Betsy Haney, was 30. She married Eli Penwell Cook on 19 June 1843, in Fountain, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Missouri, United States in 1870 and Union Township, Putnam, Missouri, United States in 1880. She died on 11 July 1887, in Unionville, Putnam, Missouri, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Union Township, Putnam, Missouri, United States.
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“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
The state capital was moved from Corydon to Indianapolis on January 10, 1825.
The State of Indiana was near bankruptcy in 1841 due to the inability to repay interest incurred for the Massive Internal Improvement Act. The state liquidated much of its public works. Many of the projects were handed over to the state’s creditors as a way to reduce debt. Only two of the eight proposed infrastructure projects were completed by the creditors.
Scottish or Irish: perhaps a variant of Irish Heaney .
Americanized form of Norwegian Hanøy, a habitational name from any of the four farmsteads so named, from Old Norse hathna ‘young nanny-goat’ or hani ‘cock’ (probably indicating a crag or mountain resembling a cock's comb in shape) + øy ‘island’.
Americanized form of any of several like-sounding Jewish surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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