Brief Life History of Merchant
When Merchant Stoddard was born on 6 June 1845, in Farmington Township, Van Buren, Iowa, United States, his father, Orville Stoddard, was 40 and his mother, Rollins Rose Kelley, was 43. He married Eliza Jane Moore on 22 December 1868, in Macon, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Farmington, Van Buren, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Chehalis, Lewis, Washington, United States in 1910. He died on 10 August 1924, in French Camp, San Joaquin, California, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Lodi, San Joaquin, California, United States.
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- Merchant Stoddard in household of Orville Stoddard, "United States Census, 1860"
- Merchant Stoddard, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Merchant Stoddard, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: San Joaquin, California, United States
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name for someone who looked after a stud of horses, from Middle English and Older Scots stod(e), stud(e) ‘establishment where horses were bred’, ‘herd of stallions or mares’ + herd(e) ‘herdsman’.
English: variant of Stothard, an occupational name for a keeper of cattle or horses, from Middle English stot ‘steer, bullock’ or ‘horse’ + herd(e) ‘herdsman’. The name was probably confused with Stodeherd ‘keeper of stud-horses’ (see above).
History: The Stoddard family of Boston, MA, was introduced by Anthony Stoddard (1600–1686), who settled there in 1639. Solomon Stoddard (1643–1728/9) was a prominent Congregational clergyman in MA, the grandfather of Jonathan Edwards, and progenitor of many noted descendants.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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