Eli Sherman
5 September 1793–
Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
The Life Summary of Eli
When Eli Sherman was born on 5 September 1793, in Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Kelley Sherman, was 32 and his mother, Lavina Staples, was 19.
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Family Time Line
Kelley Sherman
1761–1832
Lavina Staples
1774–
Lydia Sherman
1792–1854
Eli Sherman
1793–
Judge Sherman
1795–
Kelly Sherman Jr.
1798–
Rev David Sherman
1801–1869
Lovina Sherman
1803–1890
Maria Sherman
1806–1826
Russell Sherman
1809–1866
Phebe Houghton Sherman
1811–1882
Sylvia Palmer Sherman
1815–1884
Eugenia Sherman
1819–1892
Parents and Siblings
1761–1832Male
1774–Female
Siblings
(11)
1792–1854Female
1793–Male
1795–Male
1798–Male
1801–1869Male
+6 More Children
World Events (3)
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
Age 1
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
Age 1
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 7
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 7
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1803
Age 10
1803
Age 10
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
English (London): occupational name denoting someone who used shears to trim the surface of finished cloth and remove excessive nap, from Middle English sherman, shirman, sharman ‘shearman’.Americanized form of North German Schürmann (see Schuermann ) and of German or Jewish (Ashkenazic) Schermann .Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a tailor, from Yiddish sher ‘scissors’ + man ‘man’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Schuermann
Shearer
Shearman
Sharman
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