Brief Life History of Cynda
When Cynda Stowell was born on 24 June 1783, in Guilford, Windham, Vermont, United States, her father, David Stowell, was 43 and her mother, Mary Larrabee, was 34. She died on 26 April 1802, in her hometown, at the age of 18.
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- Cynda Stowell, "Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908"
- Cynda Stowell, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
- Cynda Stowell, "Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954"
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World Events (3)
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
1791 · Vermont Becomes 14th State
On March 4, 1791, Vermont became the 14th state.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Stowell (Somerset), Stowell (Gloucestershire), East and West Stowell in Wilcot (Wiltshire), or Stawell (Somerset), all named with Old English stān ‘stone, rock’ + wella ‘well, spring, stream’. The surname was taken to the Isle of Man by 1511, from whence it migrated to Lancashire and Yorkshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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