Brief Life History of Joseph Russell
When Commodore Joseph Russell Jarvis was born on 3 May 1795, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Leonard Jarvis Jr., was 52 and his mother, M. Sarah Scott, was 41. He married Sarah Leonard Bradford in 1828. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Kittery, York, Maine, United States in 1850 and Geneva, Kane, Illinois, United States in 1855. He died on 12 August 1869, in Gulf of Mexico, at the age of 74, and was buried in Westside Cemetery, Geneva Township, Kane, Illinois, United States.
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- Joseph R Jarvis, "United States Census, 1850"
- Joseph R Jarvis, "Find A Grave Index"
- War of 1812 Pension File for Joseph R. Jarvis
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World Events (8)
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.
1804 · Whitehead Light
In 1804, President Thomas Jefferson authorized the creation of a light station on Whitehead Island. The light house went into service by 1807. It is the third-oldest light house in Maine. Whitehead Light still exists as the private property of Pine Island Camp, a non-profit organization.
1818
Illinois is the 21st state.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Old French personal name Gervais(e), itself from ancient Germanic Gervas, with gair ‘spear’ as the first element and an uncertain second, perhaps a borrowing of Celtic wass- ‘servant, vassal’. The Latinized name Gervasius was borne by a Christian saint, martyred under the Roman Emperor Domitian, who became one of the patrons of Milan.
English: in Yorkshire, sometimes a habitational name from Jervaulx in East Witton (North Yorkshire). The place takes its name from the river Ure + Old French val, vals ‘valley’.
Americanized form of French Gervais and of its variant Gervaise, cognates of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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