When Sally Grinder was born about 1807, in Tennessee, United States, her father, Joshua Grinder, was 44 and her mother, Frances Knight, was 30. She married William Dikus on 18 February 1825, in Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She died from 1840 to 1847.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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.
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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