Brief Life History of Rachael Etta
When Rachael Etta Swallow was born on 18 October 1842, in York Township, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, her father, Dr. David B. Swallow, was 20 and her mother, Phebe M. Wetherald, was 19. She married Isaac Moore Fletcher on 26 January 1871, in Neosho, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She immigrated to United States in 1851 and lived in Burbank, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1920 and Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930. She died on 27 June 1936, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Sources (16)
- Rachel E Fletcher in household of Harold N Fletcher, "United States Census, 1930"
- Rachel E Fletcher, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Rachael H Swallow, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1848 · The California Gold Rush
On January 24, 1848, gold was found at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California, which began the California gold rush. In December of that same year, U.S. President James Polk announced the news to Congress. The news of gold lured thousands of “forty-niners” seeking fortune to California during 1849. Approximately 300,000 people relocated to California from all over the world during the gold rush years. It is estimated that the mined gold was worth tens of billions in today’s U.S. dollars.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
Name Meaning
English (West Yorkshire):
from Middle English swal(e)we, swalu ‘swallow’ (Old English swealwe), hence a nickname for someone thought to resemble the bird, perhaps in swiftness and grace.
habitational name from Swallow (Lincolnshire), probably from a lost river name, perhaps derived from a word related to the Indo-European root swel- ‘burn, shine’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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