When Joseph Shannon was born about 1804, in Muddy Creek Township, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Leonard Shannon, was 41 and his mother, Jane Walker, was 31. He died on 7 September 1828, in his hometown, at the age of 25.
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France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.
Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.
Irish:
shortened form of Shanahan .
shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Seanáin ‘descendant of Seanán’, a personal name based on a pet form of seán ‘old’. This Irish surname became established in Scotland in the 14th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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