Isaac G. Sherman

Brief Life History of Isaac G.

When Isaac G. Sherman was born on 22 April 1805, in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, his father, Nathaniel Sherman II, was 45 and his mother, Rachel Osborne, was 43.

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Nathaniel Sherman II
1759–1838
Rachel Osborne
1761–1837
Hannah Sherman
1783–1783
Isabel Sherman
1785–1862
Lucy Sherman
1787–1840
Phoebe Ann Sherman
1789–1854
Levi Sherman
1792–1793
Sally Sherman
1792–
Hannah Sherman
1794–1868
Abigail Sherman
1795–1841
Nathan Sherman
1797–
Lovina Sherman
1799–1840
John Fletcher Sherman
1803–1879
Isaac G. Sherman
1805–

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    World Events (3)

    1808

    Atlantic slave trade abolished.

    1812

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

    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 (London): occupational name denoting someone who used shears to trim the surface of finished cloth and remove excessive nap, from Middle English sherman, shirman, sharman ‘shearman’.

    Americanized form of North German Schürmann (see Schuermann ) and of German or Jewish (Ashkenazic) Schermann .

    Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a tailor, from Yiddish sher ‘scissors’ + man ‘man’.

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

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