When John Tappen was born on 15 October 1800, in Brookville, Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York, United States, his father, George M Tappen I, was 28 and his mother, Elizabeth Lowree, was 30. He married Charlotte Brush in November 1831, in Huntington, Huntington, Suffolk, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 17 April 1862, in Jericho, Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Upper Brookville, Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York, United States.
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France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.
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.
North German:
variant of Tappe 1.
nickname for a clumsy person, from Middle Low German tappe ‘oaf’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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