Brief Life History of Augustus Washington
Augustus Washington Hart was born in 1806, in Connecticut, United States as the son of David Hart and Hart. He married Joanna Horr in 1830, in Lorraine, Jefferson, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States for about 25 years. He died in December 1883, in Lorraine, Jefferson, New York, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Brookside Cemetery, Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States.
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- A W Hart, "United States Census, 1870"
- Augustus W Hart, "Find A Grave Index"
- Augustus Hart in entry for Harriet Baker, "Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1810
Oldest Grave seen in the Memorials List.
1829 · Farmington Canal Opened
Farmington Canal spans 2,476 acres, starting from New Haven, Connecticut, and on to Northampton, Massachusetts. The groundbreaking for the canal was in 1825 and opened in 1829.
Name Meaning
English and North German: nickname from Middle English hert (Old English heorot), Middle Low German hërte, harte ‘hart, stag’, perhaps for a quick-footed or timorous individual.
German: variant of Hardt 1 and 2. It is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name or nickname from German and Yiddish hart ‘hard’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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