Catherine Maria Sly

Brief Life History of Catherine Maria

When Catherine Maria Sly was born on 17 January 1813, in Warwick, Warwick, Orange, New York, United States, her father, Thomas Sly Sr., was 28 and her mother, Zilpha Newberry, was 35. She married Ira M. Rugg on 13 September 1833, in Lorain, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Henrietta, Lorain, Ohio, United States for about 10 years. She died on 1 October 1869, in Rochester Township, Lorain, Ohio, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Township Cemetery, Henrietta, Lorain, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ira M. Rugg
1809–1891
Catherine Maria Sly
1813–1869
Marriage: 13 September 1833
Emily Rugg
1834–1906
Eliza Rugg
1839–
Zilpha J Rugg
1842–1885
Harriett M Rugg
1846–
William Ira Rugg
1847–1927
James Leverett Rigg
1849–

Sources (10)

  • Catherine Rugg in household of Ira Rugg, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Catherine M Sly, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Catharine M. Rugg, "Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997"

World Events (7)

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. 

1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State

During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

English (Wiltshire and Gloucestershire): nickname from Middle English sle(i)gh ‘sly’ (Old Norse slœgr), which in the 12th–13th centuries developed the sense ‘skillful, expert’, but also ‘crafty, guileful, underhand’. In the North, this word became slee, while in the South and Midlands it became sligh, sly.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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