Brief Life History of Adelia Pettibone
When Adelia Pettibone Sheldon was born on 24 March 1834, in Hopkinton, St. Lawrence, New York, United States, her father, John Sheldon, was 29 and her mother, Sarah Sally Chittenden, was 29. She married Dewitt Clinton Chittenden on 15 October 1856. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Smithfield Township, Fayette, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Fayette Township, Fayette, Iowa, United States in 1900. She died on 20 February 1923, in Fayette, Fayette, Iowa, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Fayette, Fayette, Iowa, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (26)
- Adelia P Chittendon in household of J H Chittendon, "United States Census, 1860"
- Amelia Chittenden Sheldon, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
- Adelia P Chittenden in household of Dewitt C Chittenden, "United States Census, 1900"
Spouse and Children
1827–1911 Male
1834–1923 Female
Children (5)
1857–1941 Female
1860–1860 Female
1860–1860 Female
1862–1935 Male
1865–1937 Male
Parents and Siblings
1805–1882 Male
1805–1847 Female
Siblings (11)
1830–1850 Female
1830–1850 Female
1832– Male
1833–1881 Female
1834–1923 Female
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World Events (8)
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Name Meaning
English: habitational name in most cases from Sheldon in Derbyshire, but sometimes from Sheldon in Warwickshire or Devon, or from Sheldon in Chippenham (Wiltshire). The Derbyshire place, recorded in Domesday Book as Scelhadun, probably takes its name from Old English scelf ‘rock, ledge, shelf’ + the placename Haddon, itself from Old English hǣth ‘heath’ + dūn ‘hill’. The Warwickshire and Wiltshire placenames probably derive from Old English scelf + dūn, while the Devon placename probably comes from Old English scelf + denu ‘valley’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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