Brief Life History of Benjamin Franklin
When Benjamin Franklin Rolfe was born on 8 September 1821, in Chelsea, Orange, Vermont, United States, his father, Benjamin Rolfe, was 42 and his mother, Phebe Hubbard, was 36. He married Mary Jane Button in 1855, in Beloit, Rock, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Stacyville Township, Mitchell, Iowa, United States in 1860 and Iowa, United States in 1870. He died on 10 May 1897, in Stacyville, Mitchell, Iowa, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Stacyville Cemetery, Stacyville, Mitchell, Iowa, United States.
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- Benjamin F Rolf in household of Charles Fisk, "United States Census, 1860"
- B. F. Rolfe, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"
- Benjamin Franklin Rolfe, "Find A Grave Index"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1834 · Vermont Anti-Slavery Society is Formed
The Anti-Slavery Society of Vermont was established in 1834. 100 people from different towns were at the first meeting, with the intent to abolish slavery.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: of Norman origin, from the Middle English and Anglo-Norman French personal name Rolf, Roulf, Rou, Roul, Rouf, Rof. Its usual derivation is from Old Norse Hrólfr, Rolf, from ancient Germanic hrōd ‘fame, renown’ + wulf ‘wolf’, and occasionally from ancient Germanic Rodulf, of the same origin as Hrólfr (earlier Hróthúlfr) but in a West Frankish form, which the Scandinavian Normans occasionally used. The name was also common in Normandy where it became Old French Roul, Rou, often Latinized as Rollo. See Ralph and compare Rowe , Dow , and Rowson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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