When Esther Mann was born in 1824, in Morristown, Lamoille, Vermont, United States, her father, Jesse Mann, was 38 and her mother, Polly Griswold, was 34. She married Reuben Whitcomb about 1846, in Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Vermont, United States in 1870 and Johnson, Lamoille, Vermont, United States in 1880. She died on 20 April 1898, in Hyde Park, Lamoille, Vermont, United States, at the age of 74.
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The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
The Anti-Slavery Society of Vermont was established in 1834. 100 people from different towns were at the first meeting, with the intent to abolish slavery.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a fierce or strong man, or for a man contrasted with a boy, from Middle English, Middle High German man, German Mann ‘man’. In some cases it may have arisen as an occupational name for a servant, from the medieval use of the term to describe a person of inferior social status. The Jewish surname can be artificial.
English and German: from the ancient Germanic personal name Manno, found in Old English as Mann or Manna. This originated either as a byname or else as a short form of a compound name containing the element man ‘man’, such as Hermann .
English: habitational name from the Isle of Man.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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