Brief Life History of Merab
When Merab Botsford was born in 1783, in Jordan, Elbridge, Onondaga, New York, United States, her father, Ephraim Botsford Jr., was 33 and her mother, Merab Doud, was 29. She married Morris Bishop about 1803, in Jordan, Elbridge, Onondaga, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 4 April 1839, in Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Merab Bishop, "Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999"
- Merab Botsford Bishop, "Find A Grave Index"
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1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
1787 · Second State to Ratify U.S. Constitution
On December 12, 1787, Pennsylvania ratified the U.S. Constitution.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from either of two places, in Lincolnshire and Leicestershire, named Bottesford, from Old English botl ‘building’ + ford ‘ford’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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