Brief Life History of Betsey
When Betsey Whitney was born on 15 April 1830, in Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, William Whitney, was 38 and her mother, Dulsenah Turner, was 35. She married Charles Wallace Weller on 13 September 1847, in Templeton, Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Massachusetts, United States in 1870 and Winchendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States in 1880. She died on 28 February 1909, in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Winchendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Betsey Weller in household of Charles W Weller, "United States Census, 1860"
- Betsey Whitney, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
- Betsey Whitney Weller, "Find A Grave Index"
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1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
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.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Whitney in Herefordshire, the etymology of which is uncertain. The second element is Old English ēg ‘island, piece of higher ground in a low-lying area’; the first appears to be hwītan, which is either the genitive singular of an Old English byname Hwīta (meaning ‘white’), or the weak dative case (originally used after a preposition and article) of the adjective hwīt ‘white’. The name may also derive from Whitney (now Whitney Wood) in Stevenage (Hertfordshire), probably named from Old English hwītan ‘white’ + (ge)hæge ‘enclosure’.
History: John Whitney came from London, England, to Watertown, MA, in 1635, and had numerous prominent descendents.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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