Brief Life History of Betsey Bowker
When Betsey Bowker Webster was born on 15 March 1849, in Jericho, Chittenden, Vermont, United States, her father, Samuel Webster, was 54 and her mother, Electa Marsh, was 33. She married Lucius Volney Loveland on 14 February 1866, in Fairfax, Franklin, Vermont, United States. She lived in Franklin, Vermont, United States in 1920. She died on 29 December 1937, in Fairfax, Franklin, Vermont, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Fairfax, Franklin, Vermont, United States.
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- Betsey B Butler in household of Henery A Butler, "United States Census, 1920"
- Betsey B Webster Butler, "Find A Grave Index"
- Betsey Webster Buster in entry for Guy L Buster and Cora M Hicks, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1864 · St. Albans Raid
St. Albans Raid took place on October 19, 1864. It was a Confederate raid from Canada into Union territory. Confederate soldiers that were in Canada raided the town of St. Albans killed one person and robbed three banks.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name for a weaver, from Middle English webbester ‘weaver’ (Old English webbestre ‘female weaver’). By the time of surname formation, the gender distinction of the -stre suffix had almost completely disappeared. Compare Webb , Webber , and Weaver .
History: The name Webster was brought to North America from England independently by several different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One John Webster settled in Ipswich, MA, in 1635; another John Webster (died 1661), ancestor of the lexicographer Noah Webster, emigrated to Cambridge, MA, c. 1631 and later became one of the founders of the colony of CT, of which he was appointed governor in 1656. Daniel Webster (1782–1852), politician and orator, was born in Salisbury, NH, a descendant of Thomas Webster, a prominent 17th-century citizen of Ipswich, MA, whose family had settled there around 1635, while he was still a child.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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