Brief Life History of Aravesta Johanna
When Aravesta Johanna Grover was born on 11 May 1840, in Litchfield, Kennebec, Maine, United States, her father, Daniel Andrew Grover, was 25 and her mother, Lucinda W. Frost, was 19. She married Andrew J. Strout on 10 March 1860, in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States for about 30 years. She died on 18 November 1916, at the age of 76.
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- Augusta J Stront, "United States Census, 1870"
- Vesta J Grover, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
- Vesta Grover, "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925"
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1842 · Webster–Ashburton Treaty
The Webster-Ashburton Treaty was signed on August 9, 1842 and resolved the border issues between the United States and British North American colonies which had caused the Aroostook War. The treaty contained several agreements and concessions. It called for an end on the overseas slave trade and proposed that both parties share the Great Lakes. It also reaffirmed the location of the westward frontier border (near the Rocky Mountains) as well as the border between Lake Superior and Lake of the Woods. The treaty was signed by Daniel Webster (United States Secretary of State) and Alexander Baring (British Diplomat, 1st Baron Ashburton).
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1860 · Abraham Lincoln Elected President
Abraham Lincoln was Elected President of the United States in November of 1860
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Indian Rakesh, Raj, Rajiv, Sanjay, Subhash, Vijay, Amrit, Atul, Harish, Naveen, Rashmi, Sunil.
North German: occupational name for a ditch or grave digger, from Middle Low German grove ‘hollow, grave’.
Americanized form of German and Swiss German Gruber .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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