Brief Life History of Susannah
Susannah Shearer was born on 10 December 1818, in Ashe, North Carolina, United States as the daughter of John Shearer and Mary Bruce. She married Isaac Coffey in 1830, in Caldwell, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States in 1860 and Lower Creek Township, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States for about 30 years. She died on 27 June 1896, in Caldwell, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States.
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- Susan Cottrell in household of William Cottrell, "United States Census, 1860"
- Sarah Estes Coffey, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sarah Coffey, "North Carolina, Historical Records Survey, Cemetery Inscription Card Index"
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World Events (8)
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.
1830 · Trail of Tears
In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Scottish and English: occupational name for a reaper of standing crops, a sheep shearer, or someone who used shears to trim the surface of finished cloth and remove excessive nap, from Middle English sherer(e) ‘shearer’, an agent derivative of Middle English schere(n) ‘to shear’. Middle English schere denoted shears and scissors of all sizes. Compare Sherman .
Americanized form of German or Jewish (Ashkenazic) Scherer or Scherrer , cognates of 1 above. Compare Sharrer .
Americanized form of German Scheurer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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