Hannah Updegrove Tyson

Brief Life History of Hannah Updegrove

When Hannah Updegrove Tyson was born on 13 July 1794, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Tyson, was 37 and her mother, Susanna Updegrave, was 36. She married Andreas Smith Heiser in 1810, in Skippack, Skippack Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 24 April 1817, in Skippack Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 22, and was buried in Lower Skippack Mennonite Cemetery, Skippack, Skippack Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Andreas Smith Heiser
1796–1817
Hannah Updegrove Tyson
1794–1817
Marriage: 1810
Hannah Tyson Heiser
1817–1888

Sources (5)

  • Tyson, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
  • Hannah Tyson Hyser, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Tyson Hyser, "Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950"

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World Events (5)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1803 · The U.S doubles in size

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.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Dyson (see Dye ).

English: nickname from Old French tison ‘firebrand’, perhaps for someone with a fiery temperament.

Americanized form of German Theissen or Theisen .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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