When Alvira Minor was born on 30 October 1809, in Duxbury, Washington, Vermont, United States, her father, Israel J Miner, was 29 and her mother, Minerva Hurlburt, was 21. She married Edmund Darling on 18 November 1835. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Middlesex, Washington, Vermont, United States in 1860 and Vermont, United States in 1870. She died on 10 November 1897, in Roxbury, Washington, Vermont, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Roxbury, Washington, Vermont, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
English: variant of Miner .
German: Latinized (humanistic) form of Klein or Kleiner , from Latin minor ‘less, smaller’.
Altered form of French Ménard (see Menard ), reflecting the characteristic Canadian and American French rounding of the -ard ending.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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