Brief Life History of William
When William Larrabee was born in 1786, in Baldwin, York, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Zebulon Larrabee, was 29 and his mother, Susan Goodwin, was 21. He married Lydia Holt in 1810, in Baldwin, York, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 21 June 1844, in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Eastern Cemetery, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States.
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- William Larrabee, "Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907"
- William Larabee, "Maine Deaths and Burials, 1841-1910"
- William Larabee, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
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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.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
English: probably from an unidentified English placename formed with the Old Norse element by ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’.
Americanized form of French Larrivée (see Larrivee ) or of its altered form Larivée (see Larivee ). Compare Larabee .
History: Greenfield Larrabee was a mariner who arrived in New Haven, CT, from England in 1647.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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