Brief Life History of Lydia
Lydia Hall was born about 1810, in Rowan, North Carolina, United States. She married Thomas Willis on 21 December 1833, in Rowan, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Ohio Township, Warrick, Indiana, United States in 1860 and Indiana, United States in 1870. She died on 4 April 1893, in Anderson Township, Warrick, Indiana, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Chandler, Ohio Township, Warrick, Indiana, United States.
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- Lidey Willas, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Lydia Hall - Government record: birth: about 1810; North Carolina, United States
- Lydia Hall, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
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World Events (8)
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1817
Historical Boundaries 1817: Pike, Indiana, United States
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, Irish, German, Norwegian, and Danish: from Middle English hall (Old English heall), Middle High German halle, Old Norse hǫll all meaning ‘hall’ (a spacious residence), hence a topographic name for someone who lived in or near a hall or an occupational name for a servant employed at a hall. In some cases it may be a habitational name from any of the places called with this word, which in some parts of Germany and Austria in the Middle Ages also denoted a salt mine. Hall is one of the commonest and most widely distributed of English surnames, bearing witness to the importance of the hall as a feature of the medieval village. The English surname has been established in Ireland since the 14th century, and, according to MacLysaght, has become numerous in Ulster since the 17th century.
Swedish: ornamental or topographic name from hall ‘hall’ (a spacious residence), or a habitational name from a placename containing the element hall ‘rock’ (from Old Norse hallr).
Chinese: variant Romanization of the surnames 何 and 賀, see He 1 and 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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