Candace Rider

Brief Life History of Candace

When Candace Rider was born on 12 March 1809, in Herkimer, New York, United States, her father, Jonah Rider, was 33 and her mother, Desire "Desi", was 32. She married Hyrcanus Griffith on 20 May 1828, in Bath, Steuben, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died in 1853, in Sutton Township, Meigs, Ohio, United States, at the age of 44.

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Family Time Line

Hyrcanus Griffith
1804–1884
Candace Rider
1809–1853
Marriage: 20 May 1828
Nelson Daniel Griffith
1830–1898
Emily Malissa Griffith
1832–1857
Mary E. Griffith
1833–1867
Benjamin Franklin Griffith
1836–1925

Sources (1)

  • Candace Griffeth in household of Hyrcanous Griffeth, "United States Census, 1850"

World Events (7)

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1817

Sutton Township was organized in 1814 from part of Letart Township, and was established by the commissioners of Gallia County on October 21, 1817. Early on, Sutton Township’s villages were Graham Station, later named Racine, as well as Minersville, Syracuse, and Careltonville.

1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land

A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name from Middle English ridere ‘horseman’, perhaps with a specific application such as ‘forest ranger’, ‘horseman who guards crops’, or ‘mounted warrior, knight’. Compare Knight .

English: habitational name from Ryther, near Selby (Yorkshire), probably from Old English ryther ‘clearing’.

English: topographic name from Middle English ridere ‘dweller at a clearing’ (see Reeder ) or ‘dweller by a small stream’, depending on which sense of Middle English ride the surname is derived from. These topographic senses of Rider are limited to the southern counties of England (especially Surrey, Sussex, and Hampshire), where topographic names in -er and the Middle English words ride ‘clearing’ and rithe ‘small stream’ are mainly found. See also Reed .

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

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