Cornelia Sweet

Femaleabout 1840–

Brief Life History of Cornelia

Cornelia Sweet was born about 1840, in Lakeport, Madison, New York, United States. She married Daniel M. Gray in 1864, in Lakeport, Madison, New York, United States.

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Daniel M. Gray
1838–
Cornelia Sweet
1840–
Marriage: 1864

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  • Marriage
    1864Lakeport, Madison, New York, United States

    • World Events (3)

    1846

    Age 6

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    1863

    Age 23

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    1917 · Women Given the Right to Vote in New York

    Age 77

    Voters in New York approve a bill giving women the right to vote. This is passed three years prior to the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which allowed women to vote nationwide.

    Name Meaning

    English (Somerset): from the Middle English personal name Swet(e) (Old English Swēt(a) (male), Swēte (female)), or else a nickname from Middle English swet(e), sweyt ‘sweet; pleasing; beloved; attractive’ (Old English swēte, swōt), from which the personal names derive. Compare Swett .

    Americanized form (translation into English) of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Suess and French Ledoux ‘the gentle, the sweet’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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