Brief Life History of Helen Maria
When Helen Maria Webster was born in 1840, in Vermont, United States, her father, Theron Webster, was 35 and her mother, Ursula Lowell, was 35. She married Arnold C. Fay on 10 October 1866, in St. Albans, Franklin, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Fairfax, Franklin, Vermont, United States in 1850. She died on 11 July 1881, in Milton, Chittenden, Vermont, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, St. Albans, Franklin, Vermont, United States.
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- Hellen M Foy in household of Arnold C Foy, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Helen M Webster - Published information: birth-name: Helen M Webster
- Nellie Webster, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1864 · St. Albans Raid
St. Albans Raid took place on October 19, 1864. It was a Confederate raid from Canada into Union territory. Confederate soldiers that were in Canada raided the town of St. Albans killed one person and robbed three banks.
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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