Brief Life History of Simeon
When Simeon Strout was born on 10 March 1813, in Harrington, Washington, Maine, United States, his father, Ephriam Strout, was 34 and his mother, Lydia Brown, was 34. He married Mary G Walls on 15 December 1836, in Harrington, Washington, Maine, United States. He lived in Maine, United States in 1870. He died on 10 August 1892, in Harrington, Washington, Maine, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Rock Maple Cemetery, Harrington, Washington, Maine, United States.
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- Simeon Strout, "United States Census, 1850"
- Simeon Brown Strout, "Find A Grave Index"
- Simeon Strout in entry for Mary Strout, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
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World Events (8)
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.
1820
Maine is the 23rd state.
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: nickname for an argumentative person, from Middle English strout, strut ‘strife, dispute, debate’ (Old English strūt).
English: from the Old Norse personal name Strútr, Strut, apparently a nickname from strútr ‘pointed hood’ (referring to a cone-like ornament on a headdress or cap).
Possibly also an Americanized form of Dutch Stroet: habitational name from Stroet in North Holland or a topographic name from Dutch stroet ‘brush, thicket, swamp’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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