Brief Life History of Sylvia
When Sylvia Gray was born on 3 March 1794, in Pelham, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Jeremiah Gray, was 29 and her mother, Margaret Gray, was 29. She married Elihu Chapman in 1820, in Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Massachusetts, United States in 1870 and Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States in 1875. She died on 7 January 1875, at the age of 80, and was buried in Dwight Cemetery, Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Sylvia Chapman in household of Elihu Chapman, "United States Census, 1860"
- Silva Gray, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Sylvia Gray Chapman, "Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915"
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World Events (7)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
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, Scottish, and Irish (especially Eastern Ulster; of Norman origin): habitational name from Graye in Calvados, France, named from the Gallo-Roman personal name Graec(i)us, meaning ‘Greek’ + the locative suffix -acum. This is probably the chief source of the surname in Britain.
English: nickname for someone with gray hair or a gray beard, from Middle English grey (Old English grǣg, grēg) ‘gray’. In Ireland it has been used as a translation of various Gaelic surnames derived from riabhach ‘brindled, gray’, including Mac Giolla Riabhaigh; see McGreevy . In North America, this surname has assimilated names with similar meaning from other languages.
French: habitational name from Gray in Haute-Saône or Le Gray in Seine-Maritime.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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