Brief Life History of Peter
When Peter Worrall was born on 10 January 1819, in Middletown Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Peter Worrell, was 51 and his mother, Hannah Sharpless, was 41. He married Margaret Thomas on 22 February 1839, in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Nether Providence Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. He died on 20 May 1875, in Media, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Middletown Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Elwyn, Middletown Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Peter Worrall, "United States Census, 1870"
- Peter Worrall, "Find A Grave Index"
- Peter Worrall in entry for Howard R Snider, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
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1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1820 · Making Land more affordable
The United States law requiring full payment at the time of purchase and registration of any land. to help encourage sales and make land more affordable, Congress reduced the minimum price of dollar per acre and the minimum size that could be purchased. Most of this land for sale was located on the frontier which was then "The West". This Act was good for many Americans, but it was also over used by wealthy investors.
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.
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English: variant of Worrell .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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