When Catherine Sophia Carrico was born on 3 February 1818, in Bryantown, Charles, Maryland, United States, her father, Thomas Albert Carrico, was 25 and her mother, Mary Savilla Beavan, was 34. She had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with Lewis VanSickle. She lived in Zihlman, Allegany, Maryland, United States in 1850 and Maryland, United States in 1870.
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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.
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Portuguese (Carriço): from carriço ‘reed’, hence a topographic name for someone living in a place where reeds grew, a habitational name from a place called with this word, for example in Leiria, or a nickname for a tall, thin person.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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