Polly Remington

Brief Life History of Polly

Polly Remington was born in 1787, in Vermont, United States. She married Oliver Olds on 28 October 1814. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Troy Township, Geauga, Ohio, United States in 1860 and Kirtland Township, Lake, Ohio, United States in 1870.

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Family Time Line

Oliver Olds
1785–1861
Polly Remington
1787–
Marriage: 28 October 1814
Lamira Olds
1815–1876
Mary Olds
1818–
Rosemond Olds
1821–1904
Chlore Olds
1826–
Oliver Cromwell Olds
1827–1909
Julius Olds
1831–

Sources (6)

  • Polly Olds, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Colly Olds in entry for Rosmond Thompson, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"
  • Polly Olds in household of Uriah L Hotchkiss, "United States Census, 1870"

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World Events (8)

1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.

The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.

1791 · Vermont Becomes 14th State

On March 4, 1791, Vermont became the 14th state.

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. 

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Rimington (Yorkshire), from Old English rima ‘rim, edge, boundary’ + the place- and river name forming suffix -ing (together meaning ‘boundary stream’, referring to Ings Brook) + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. Rimington is on the Lancashire border.

History: The American painter Frederic Remington (1861–1909) was descended from John Remington, living in MA in 1639; his father, Eliphalet Remington, was born in Suffield, CT, in 1793, and was a noted firearms manufacturer.

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

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