Brief Life History of Dorothy
When Dorothy Hibbard was born on 4 July 1801, in Brandon, Rutland, Vermont, United States, her father, Ebenezer Hibbard, was 30 and her mother, Dorothy Fuller, was 33. She died on 18 July 1808, at the age of 7.
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- Dorothy Hebard, "Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908"
- Dorothy Hebard, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
- Dorothy Hebard, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005"
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Siblings (16)
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World Events (3)
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.
1804
Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Hilbert with assimilation of lb to b(b). The name may sometimes also have been confused with Hibbett . Post-medieval examples may alternatively be variants of Hebbert, a variant of Herbert . The two surnames were probably much confused and sometimes used interchangeably.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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