Brief Life History of Miranda
When Miranda Ballou was born in 1812, in Litchfield, Herkimer, New York, United States, her father, Seth Ballou, was 38 and her mother, Sophia Batton Anderson, was 36. She married David Hamilton on 21 July 1832, in St. Joseph, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She died in Michigan, United States.
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- Maranda Boltor, "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940"
- Mananda Ballean in entry for Thaddeus Hamilton and Mary Samson, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940"
- Mananda Ballean in entry for Thaddeus S. Hamilton and Mary Ann Samson, "New York, Marriages, 1686-1980"
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1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
1837
Michigan is the 26th state.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
French: possibly an altered form of French and Flemish Ballieu or Balliu, surnames mainly found in Nord in France and in neighbouring Flanders in Belgium. If so, it is either habitational, from one of the numerous places in Picardy, Artois, and Normandy called Bailleul (Old French Balliol), or an occupational name from Old Picard and Middle Dutch bailli(e)u, ba(i)lleu, baillu (Old French baillif, balliu) ‘bailiff’. Alternatively, the name Ballou might be from the ancient Germanic personal name Balowulf, composed of the elements balo ‘torment, wickedness’ and wulf ‘wolf’. The surname Ballou is rare in France.
Alternatively, an altered form of French Belleau or perhaps Beaulieu . The name is sometimes (also) said to be an altered form of Boileau but this is problematic in terms of family history and phonological development. Compare Ballew , Ballow 1, Belew , Bellew , and Belue .
Alternatively, a rare variant of English Ballow 2 or an altered form of English Bellew 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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