Brief Life History of Hannah
When Hannah Lefter was born on 3 February 1817, in Kentucky, United States, her father, Uriah Lefter, was 66 and her mother, Barbary Cope, was 42. She married Jacob Myers on 30 June 1840, in Grant, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in Table Rock, Jackson, Oregon, United States in 1880 and Central Point, Jackson, Oregon, United States in 1900. She died in 1904, in Beagle, Jackson, Oregon, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Antioch Cemetery, Sams Valley, Jackson, Oregon, United States.
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- Hannah Myres in household of Jacob Myres, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Hannah Lefter - Government record: Marriage record or certificate: birth-name: Hannah Lefter
- Barbora Lefter, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
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World Events (8)
1818 · Jackson Purchase
The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.
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.
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Leicester, which is recorded as Ligeraceastre in the 10th century. The placename derives from an Old English folk name Legore ‘the dwellers by the river Legor (a lost river name)’ + Old English ceaster ‘city, Roman fortification’.
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Lestre in Normandy.
English and Scottish: variant of Lister .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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