Nancy Perry

Brief Life History of Nancy

When Nancy Perry was born about 1815, in Portland Township, Erie, Ohio, United States, her father, Thaddeus Perry Jr, was 33 and her mother, Desire Cranney, was 37.

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Family Time Line

Thaddeus Perry Jr
1783–1839
Desire Cranney
1779–
Ann Perry
1801–1884
Nancy Perry
1815–
Clarissa Cranney Perry
1822–1905
Joseph Perry
1807–
Leander Perry
1809–1887
Thaddeus Perry Jr.
1818–
Mercy Perry
1821–

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    World Events (3)

    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. 

    1820 · Making States Equal

    The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

    1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated

    On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.

    Name Meaning

    Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Herry ‘son of Herry’, a variant of the personal name Harry (see Harris ).

    English: topographic name for someone who lived near a pear tree (Middle English piri(e), peri(e), puri(e), Old English pirige, pyrige), or a habitational name for someone who owned or came from a place so named. This surname and a number of variants have been established in Ireland since the 17th century.

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

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