Brief Life History of Phoebe Cornelia
When Phoebe Cornelia Gardiner was born on 13 February 1816, in Eatons Neck, Huntington, Suffolk, New York, United States, her father, Matthew Gardiner, was 43 and her mother, Phoebe Bunce, was 35. She married Edward Henry Brush on 4 January 1842, in Northport, Huntington, Suffolk, New York, United States. She lived in Huntington, Huntington, Suffolk, New York, United States in 1850.
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- Cornelia Brush in household of Edward Brush, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Phoebe Cornelia Gardiner - Published information: birth-name: Phoebe Cornelia Gardiner
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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 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: variant of Gardner .
History: Lion Gardiner came from England in 1635 to Saybrook, CT, the settlement of Earl of Warwick patentees at the mouth of the Connecticut River, and built a fort there. Born in 1636, his son, David, was the first white child born in the settlement. Lion later bought the Isle of Wight, now Gardiners Island, from the Indians, and moved his family there until 1653, when he bought land in what is now Easthampton, Long Island, NY.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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