When Michael Falen was born in 1810, in Scott, Virginia, United States, his father, Thomas Falin, was 45 and his mother, Mary Steffy, was 41. He married Barbara Robinett on 23 December 1830, in Scott, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in District 3, Grainger, Tennessee, United States in 1880. He died from 1880 to 1900, in Hawkins, Tennessee, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
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.
Variant of Phalen 1, itself an altered form of Irish Phelan .
Swedish (Falén): probably a habitational name from placenames beginning with Fal- (compare Fallen ) + the adjectival suffix -én, a derivative of Latin -enius ‘relating to’.
Possibly also an Americanized form of German Fahlen or Vahlen (see Phalen 3).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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