Brief Life History of Marietta
When Marietta Webster was born on 2 April 1853, in Marion, Center Township, Grant, Indiana, United States, her father, George Washington Webster, was 41 and her mother, Maria Jane Mc Kinney, was 36. She married George William Spencer on 15 November 1876, in Marion, Center Township, Grant, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Center Township, Grant, Indiana, United States in 1860. She died on 7 March 1937, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.
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- Maryette Webster in household of George W Webster, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mary Spencer, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Mary Spencer, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994"
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World Events (8)
1855 · Lager Beer Riot
The Lager Beer Riot came at a time in Chicago's history where large waves of Irish and German immigrants moved to the city. The Riot was started because the Mayor of the city renewed enforcement of an old liquor ordinance mandating that taverns be closed on Sundays and to raise the cost of a license to sell liquor from $50 to $300 each year. This didn't sit well with the German immigrants because they felt like it was directed towards them and their heritage. There was only one death throughout the time of the riot, though protesters claimed that it was more.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name for a weaver, from Middle English webbester ‘weaver’ (Old English webbestre ‘female weaver’). By the time of surname formation, the gender distinction of the -stre suffix had almost completely disappeared. Compare Webb , Webber , and Weaver .
History: The name Webster was brought to North America from England independently by several different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One John Webster settled in Ipswich, MA, in 1635; another John Webster (died 1661), ancestor of the lexicographer Noah Webster, emigrated to Cambridge, MA, c. 1631 and later became one of the founders of the colony of CT, of which he was appointed governor in 1656. Daniel Webster (1782–1852), politician and orator, was born in Salisbury, NH, a descendant of Thomas Webster, a prominent 17th-century citizen of Ipswich, MA, whose family had settled there around 1635, while he was still a child.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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