Brief Life History of Thomas Donaldson
When Thomas Donaldson Ballou was born in 1817, in Litchfield, Herkimer, New York, United States, his father, Seth Ballou, was 43 and his mother, Sophia Batton Anderson, was 41. He married Mary A Leslie in 1840, in Litchfield, Herkimer, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died in 1850, in New Buffalo, Berrien, Michigan, United States, at the age of 33.
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- Donadson Ballou & Mary Ballou, U.S. City Directories, 1884
- Legacy NFS Source: Thomas Donaldson Ballou -
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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.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
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.
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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