Isaac Shelley
about 1810–
Pennsylvania, United States
The Life of Isaac
When Isaac Shelley was born about 1810, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Isaac Shelley, was 26 and his mother, Magdalena Meyer, was 22. He married Shelley.
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Isaac Shelley
1810–
Shelley
1810–
Marriage: unmd
Spouse and Children
1810–Male
1810–Female
MARRIAGE
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Parents and Siblings
1784–1839Male
1788–1826Female
siblings
(5)
1810–Female
1810–Male
1810–Male
1810–Male
1825–1880Female
World Events (3)
1812
Age 2
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · War of 1812
Age 2
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital
Age 2
Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places, for example in Sussex, Suffolk, Essex, and West Yorkshire, all so named from Old English scylf ‘shelf’ + lēah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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