When Jane Tippett was born on 19 July 1824, in St Newlyn East, Cornwall, England, her father, James Tippett, was 47 and her mother, Damaris Mark, was 43. She married John Vincent Penhaligon on 8 April 1848, in St Newlyn East, Cornwall, England. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in St Columb Minor, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom in 1851. She died on 20 November 1863, in Mineral Point, Iowa, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Mineral Point, Iowa, Wisconsin, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1830: Iowa, Michigan Territory, United States 1838: Iowa, Wisconsin Territory, United States 1848: Iowa, Wisconsin, United States
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
English (southwestern, especially Cornwall):
from the Middle English personal name Tippet, a diminutive of Tipp or Tepp. See Tipp and compare Tibbett .
perhaps occasionally a nickname from Middle English tippet ‘long, narrow piece of cloth covering the shoulders’ (sometimes part of a hood). The name may have been given to someone who was distinguished by the wearing, making, or selling of tippets.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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