Humphrey H. Strong

Brief Life History of Humphrey H.

When Humphrey H. Strong was born on 26 July 1819, in Connecticut, United States, his father, Eleazer Bissell Strong, was 42 and his mother, Zilpha Hutchinson, was 37. He married Mary Blague Finley on 8 October 1845, in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States for about 20 years and Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States in 1910. He died on 2 February 1914, at the age of 94.

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Family Time Line

Humphrey H. Strong
1819–1914
Mary Blague Finley
1826–1906
Marriage: 8 October 1845
Joseph Humphrey Strong
1849–1929
Franklin Harvey Strong
1851–1929
William Henry Strong
1854–1919
Charles Herbert Strong
1857–1934
Mary Amanda Strong
1859–1949
Harriet Maria Strong
1866–

Sources (18)

  • Humphrey Strong, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Humphrey H Stag and Mary Blake Finley in the Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
  • Humphrey Strong, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"

World Events (8)

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.

1829 · Farmington Canal Opened

Farmington Canal spans 2,476 acres, starting from New Haven, Connecticut, and on to Northampton, Massachusetts. The groundbreaking for the canal was in 1825 and opened in 1829.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English: nickname from Middle English strong(e), strang(e) ‘strong, powerful’ (Old English strang).

Americanized form of French Trahan .

Americanized form (translation into English) of Jewish Stark .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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