Brief Life History of David
When David Card was born on 26 November 1820, in Cazenovia, Cazenovia, Madison, New York, United States, his father, Nathaniel Card, was 36 and his mother, Lucy Billings, was 32. He had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Caroline E. Wells. He lived in Big Grove Township, Kendall, Illinois, United States in 1850 and South Ottawa, LaSalle, Illinois, United States in 1860. He died on 15 September 1893, in South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States.
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- David Card in household of John L Card, "United States Census, 1850"
- David Card, "Find A Grave Index"
- David in entry for Willis E Card and Gertrude Uncapher, "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940"
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1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
1832
Historical Boundaries: 1832: LaSalle, Illinois, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (Kent and Sussex): perhaps from Middle English carde ‘card’, an implement for teasing wool for spinning (from medieval Latin cardus) and therefore short for Carder or a metonymic occupational name for a maker of wool carders. Alternatively, from Middle English carde ‘playing card’ (Old French carte), also ‘kind of fabric’ (medieval Latin carda), which could have been a nickname given to a card player or a metonymic occupational name for maker and seller of the fabric.
Irish: shortened form of McCard .
French: from a shortened form of the personal name Ricardon, a pet form of Richard .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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