Brief Life History of David Sears
When David Sears Nickerson was born on 30 December 1816, in Swanville, Waldo, Maine, United States, his father, Capt Reuben Nickerson Jr., was 43 and his mother, Saloma Eldredge, was 48. He married Lydia L. Smith after 28 August 1840, in Prospect, Waldo, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He immigrated to Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States in 1850 and lived in Belfast, Waldo, Maine, United States for about 30 years. In 1870, his occupation is listed as farmer in Maine, United States. He died on 19 December 1889, at the age of 72.
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- Sears Nickerson, "United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890"
- Sears Nickerson, "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- Lear ... Nickerson, "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"
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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.
1827
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Waldo, Maine, United States
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English (Norfolk and Lincolnshire): variant of Nixon , in which trisyllabic Nickeson has been spelled Nickerson.
English: alternatively, a variant of Nicholson with /r/ substituted for /l/.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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