Brief Life History of Charles Nathan
When Charles Nathan West was born in April 1823, in New Hampshire, United States, his father, Nathan West, was 31 and his mother, Mary Huse, was 30. He married Martha C Dibble on 9 September 1846, in Jackson, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Santa Rosa Judicial Township, Sonoma, California, United States in 1900 and San Francisco, California, United States in 1910. He died on 12 November 1916, in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States, at the age of 93.
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- Charles U West, "United States Census, 1850"
- Charles N. West, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"
- Charles M West, "California Death Index, 1905-1939"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1833 · First Public Library Founded in Petersborough
In 1833, the oldest tax-supported public library in the world was established by Reverend Abiel Abbot.
1848 · The California Gold Rush
On January 24, 1848, gold was found at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California, which began the California gold rush. In December of that same year, U.S. President James Polk announced the news to Congress. The news of gold lured thousands of “forty-niners” seeking fortune to California during 1849. Approximately 300,000 people relocated to California from all over the world during the gold rush years. It is estimated that the mined gold was worth tens of billions in today’s U.S. dollars.
Name Meaning
English and German: from Middle English, Middle High German west ‘west’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived to the west of a settlement, or a habitational name for someone who had migrated from further west.
Americanized form of Finnish Vesterinen: from the personal name Vesteri (a short form of Sylvester ) + the surname suffix -nen.
History: This name was brought to North America independently by many bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Thomas West, 12th Baron De La Warre, was captain general of Virginia in 1610–11. The state of DE is named for him. One of the earliest permanent settlers was Francis West (1606–92), who came to Duxbury, MA, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, in or before 1638.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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