Brief Life History of Permelia
Permelia Bridges was born about 1820, in Kentucky, United States. She married John Ballard Breeden on 26 November 1838, in Clark, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters.
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Sources (6)
- Cornelia Braden, "United States Census, 1860"
- Penndia Bridges, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Pennelia Bridges in entry for Ballard Breiden, "Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992"
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World Events (8)
about 1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens
The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.
1861
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Bridge . The -s generally represents the genitive case, but may occasionally be a plural. In some cases this name denoted someone from the Flemish city of Bruges (Brugge) in Belgium, meaning ‘bridges’, which had extensive trading links with England in the Middle Ages.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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