Brief Life History of Lucius G
Lucius G Seeley was born in 1812, in Connecticut, United States as the son of Joel Seeley and Nancy Robert. He married Wealthy W Barden on 29 January 1838, in Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States in 1860. He died on 6 January 1898, in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Center Street Cemetery, Wallingford Center, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
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- Lucius Seeley, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Lucius G Seeley - Government record: birth: about 1816; Connecticut, United States
- Lucius G. Seely, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1829 · Farmington Canal Opened
Farmington Canal spans 2,476 acres, starting from New Haven, Connecticut, and on to Northampton, Massachusetts. The groundbreaking for the canal was in 1825 and opened in 1829.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a person with a cheerful disposition, from Middle English seli ‘happy, fortunate’ (Old English sǣlig, from sǣl ‘happiness, good fortune’). The word was also occasionally used as a female personal name during the Middle Ages. The sense ‘pitiable’, which developed into modern English silly, is not attested before the 15th century. See also Selman .
Altered form of German Seele , respelled to preserve the bisyllabic pronunciation of the German name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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