Brief Life History of Adaline
When Adaline Holtzclaw was born on 3 December 1822, in Kentucky, United States, her father, Abner Holtzclaw, was 43 and her mother, Cynthia Hopwood, was 37. She married William Boone Berry on 21 June 1844, in Lincoln, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Stanford, Lincoln, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years and Parksville, Boyle, Kentucky, United States in 1880. She died on 22 June 1887, in Garrard, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Holtsclaw Cemetery, Cranberry, Avery, North Carolina, United States.
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- Adaline Berry, "United States Census, 1850"
- Adeline Berry, "Find a Grave Index"
- Adaline Berry in entry for Matthew Strut and Maggie Berry, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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1830 · Trail of Tears
In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens
The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.
1849
Oldest grave seen in the memorials list.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Holzklau, which translates into modern German as ‘wood thief’, but is probably a nickname for someone who gathered wood, from Middle High German holz ‘wood’ + a derivative of klūben ‘to pick up, gather, steal’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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