Brief Life History of Rebecca
When Rebecca Briscoe was born about 1841, in Greene, Indiana, United States, her father, Jeremiah Briscoe, was 32 and her mother, Elizabeth Cloud, was 27. She married William Rodgers on 4 December 1856, in St. Clair, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Tennessee, United States in 1870. She died about 1865, in St. Clair, Illinois, United States, at the age of 26.
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- Rebecca Brison in household of Jeramiah Brison, "United States Census, 1850"
- Rebecca Briscoe, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Rebecca Briscoe in entry for William Rogges, "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.
1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized
Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.
Name Meaning
English (northern): habitational name from any of various places so named, including Briscoe in Hutton Mulgrave and Briscoe in Romaldkirk (both North Yorkshire), Brisco Rigg in Stainburn (Yorkshire), or Brisco in Saint Cuthbert Without and Briscoe in Saint John Beckermet (both Cumberland). Briscoe in Saint John Beckermet is named with Old Norse Bretaskógr ‘wood of the Britons’ (see Brett ). Brisco in Cumberland and Briscoe in North Yorkshire are named with Old Norse birki ‘birch’ + skógr ‘wood’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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