When Mary Oak was born about 1801, in Wellington, Piscataquis, Maine, United States, her father, Levi Oaks, was 39 and her mother, Lydia Brown, was 37.
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France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.
Historical Boundaries: 1828: Somerset, Maine, United States 1838: Piscataquis, Maine, United States
Some characteristic forenames: Indian Suresh, Anjali, Milind, Nutan, Pooja, Raj, Raji, Shaila, Shilpa, Shrikant, Sudhir, Uday.
English: topographic name for someone who lived near an oak tree or in an oak wood, from Middle English ok(e) ‘oak tree’.
Indian (Maharashtra): Brahmin name of unexplained etymology.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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