Brief Life History of Jacob F
When Jacob F Stidham was born in 1819, in Delaware, United States, his father, Jacob Stidham, was 29 and his mother, Roseanna, was 28. He married Mary J. Allison on 7 January 1841, in Tent, New Castle, Delaware, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Brandywine Hundred, New Castle, Delaware, United States in 1830 and Tamaqua, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850.
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- Jacob Stidham, "United States Census, 1830"
- Legacy NFS Source: Jacob F. Stidham - death:
- Jacob F Stidham, "Delaware Vital Records, 1650-1974"
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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.
1835
Historical Boundaries: 1835: New Castle, Delaware, United States
1855 · Prohibition Law
Delaware enacted a statewide prohibition law in 1855.
Name Meaning
Americanized form, via Stedham , of an unidentified Scandinavian or perhaps Dutch surname recorded in DE in the 17th century as Stiddem. Possible Dutch source is Van Stedum, a habitational name from Stedum, a village near Loppersum in the province of Groningen, named with plural dative from stad, denoting a place or country estate (with specific rights). Compare Stidam .
Possibly also an altered form of English Stedham .
History: The progenitor of (the majority of) the Stidhams was Timon Stidham, the pioneer physician in New Sweden (today DE), who arrived from Sweden in 1638 for the first time, and again in 1654, when he settled in Fort Christina (later Willmington, DE). His original surname was recorded as Stiddem, the form not found in Scandinavia or elsewhere in Europe.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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