Brief Life History of Harriet Jane
When Harriet Jane Rumsey was born on 31 August 1871, in Floyd, Washington, Missouri, United States, her father, Richard Monroe Rumsey, was 46 and her mother, Nancy Malinda Echols, was 39. She married Alonzo John Mitchell on 8 March 1899, in Denver, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 29 March 1911, in Alamosa, Alamosa, Colorado, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Alamosa, Alamosa, Colorado, United States.
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Family Time Line
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- Harriet J Rumsey in household of Richard Rumsey, "United States Census, 1880"
- Hattie Rumsey, "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006"
- Hattie, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1878
Historical Boundaries: 1878: Conejos, Colorado, United States 1913: Alamosa, Colorado, United States
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Romsey (Hampshire), from an Old English personal name Rūm (genitive Rūmes) + Old English ēg ‘island, raised ground in marshland’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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