Brief Life History of Elenor
When Elenor Waggoner was born in 1799, in Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio, United States, her father, Benjamin Waggoner, was 27 and her mother, Margaret Cole, was 21. She married William Shroyer on 5 December 1822, in Montgomery, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Mad River Township, Montgomery, Ohio, United States in 1860. She died on 2 January 1867, in Dayton, Greene, Ohio, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States.
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- Ellen Shroyer, "United States Census, 1860"
- Elenor Waggoner, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1997"
- Eleanor Shroyer, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1803
Ohio was the first state admitted to the Union from the Northwest Territory.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German or Dutch Wagner or its German and Dutch variants Wagener and Wagenaar . Compare Waggener and Wagoner .
Possibly also English: altered form of Waghorn . The surname Waggoner is very rare in Britain.
History: A planter named John Waggener or Waggoner, who came to America c. 1670 and lived in Essex County, VA, is said to have been born in Colchester, Essex (England). No documentary source for this origin is given and an English origin is difficult to establish. The nearest similar English surname is Wagner 2, a very rare Norfolk name, originating in the 14th-century. In 17th-century Kent a number of families named Waghorn alias Wagon were occasionally also known as Waggoner (through false association with that word). Direct derivation from the English word wag(g)on is not possible, since it was borrowed into English only in the 16th century from Dutch, and wag(g)oner is an early Modern English coinage.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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