Brief Life History of Allen
When Allen Flesher was born about 1811, in Virginia, United States, his father, Peter Flesher, was 19 and his mother, Ann Jude, was 19.
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · War of 1812
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
1812 · Monumental Church Built
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a butcher, from Middle English fles(c)her, flesho(u)r ‘butcher’, an agent derivative of flesh ‘meat’, or from Middle English fleshheuer, fleshewer ‘butcher’, a compound of flesh ‘meat’ + heuer ‘cutter’. This surname has sometimes been confused with Fletcher .
Americanized form of German Fleischer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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