Brief Life History of Joshua
When Joshua Grinder was born about 1840, in Poinsett, Arkansas, United States, his father, Joshua Grinder, was 35 and his mother, Barbara, was 32. He lived in Mitchell Township, Poinsett, Arkansas, United States in 1850.
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- Joshua Grinder in household of Joshua Grinder, "United States Census, 1850"
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World Events (3)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1861
Arkansas supplied an estimated 50,000 men to the Confederate Army andabout 15,000 to the Union Army.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (Middlesex and Sussex): occupational name for a grinder of grain, i.e. a miller, from Middle English grinder ‘grinder of corn, miller’ (Old English grindere), an agent noun from Old English grindan ‘to grind’. Less often it may have referred to someone who ground blades to keep their sharpness or who ground pigments, spices, and medicinal herbs to powder.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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