When Lucy Killam was born in 1798, in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States, her father, Luther Killam, was 38 and her mother, Amy Hewitt, was 33. She died in 1868, in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 70.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1810: Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States
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.
English (mainly Yorkshire): variant of Kilham, a habitational name from any of the places in Northumberland and Yorkshire, so named either from Old English cylnum ‘(at) the kilns’, dative plural of cyln, or from Old English cyln ‘kiln’ or the personal name Cylla + Old Norse holmr ‘small island, water meadow’. This surname is rare in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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