Brief Life History of Margaret Moriah
When Margaret Moriah Tuttle was born on 20 December 1816, in Germanton, Stokes, North Carolina, United States, her father, Thomas Jefferson Tuttle, was 32 and her mother, Mary Katherine Petree, was 32. She married William Henry Baker Jr on 6 February 1836, in Stokes, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Meadows, Stokes, North Carolina, United States in 1870. She died on 22 February 1895, in Stokes, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery, East Bend, Yadkin, North Carolina, United States.
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- Margaret Baker in household of Henry Baker, "United States Census, 1860"
- Margaret Baker, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Margaret Moriah Tuttle Baker, "Find A Grave Index"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1822
Oldest grave seen in the memorials list.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (Norfolk, Suffolk and Berkshire):
possibly a variant of Thirkell, from the Middle English personal name T(h)irkill, T(h)urkill (Old Norse Thorkell, Thorkil, Thurkil, a shortened form of Thorketill from the god's name Thórr ‘Thor’ + ketill ‘kettle, cauldron’).
variant of Tuthill .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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