Martha Christina Nash
10 July 1841–
Pavilion, Pavilion, Genesee, New York, United States
The Life Summary of Martha Christina
When Martha Christina Nash was born on 10 July 1841, in Pavilion, Pavilion, Genesee, New York, United States, her father, Josiah M Nash, was 37 and her mother, Betsey Gifford Adams, was 30.
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Family Time Line
Josiah M Nash
1804–1851
Betsey Gifford Adams
1811–1878
Frances Helen Nash
1832–
Mary Jane Nash
1834–1892
Jesse Martin Nash
1837–1863
Martha Christina Nash
1841–
Frank Wylie Nash
1851–1941
Parents and Siblings
1804–1851Male
1811–1878Female
Siblings
(5)
1832–Female
1834–1892Female
1837–1863Male
1841–Female
1851–1941Male
World Events (8)
1846
Age 5
1846
Age 5
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Age 22
1863
Age 22
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Age 31
1872 · The First National Park
Age 31
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
1 English: topographic name for someone who lived by an ash tree, a variant of Ash by misdivision of Middle English atten ash ‘at the ash’, or a habitational name from any of the many places in England and Wales named Nash, from this phrase, as for example Nash in Buckinghamshire, Herefordshire, or Shropshire. The name was established from an early date in Wales and Ireland.2 Jewish: of unknown origin, possibly an Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Sources (1)
- Martha C Nash in household of Josiah M Nash, "United States Census, 1850"
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