Brief Life History of Eliza Ann
When Eliza Ann Knapp was born on 28 July 1822, in Harpersfield, Delaware, New York, United States, her father, John Knapp Jr, was 50 and her mother, Lucy Merwin, was 42. She married Dr Lemuel Atwood on 9 September 1848, in Geauga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Middlefield, Geauga, Ohio, United States for about 10 years and Hart, Oceana, Michigan, United States in 1880. She died on 17 March 1913, in Ludington, Mason, Michigan, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Ludington, Mason, Michigan, United States.
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- Eliza Atwood in household of Lemuel Atwood, "United States Census, 1870"
- Eliza Ann Krupp, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Eliza Nape Atwood, "Find A Grave Index"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
German: occupational or status name from the German word Knapp(e), a variant of Knabe ‘young unmarried man’. In the 15th century this spelling acquired the separate, specialized meanings ‘servant, apprentice’, and ‘miner’. This surname is also found elsewhere in central Europe, e.g. in Czechia and Slovakia, where it is more commonly spelled Knap (compare 3 below).
German: in Franconia, a nickname for a dexterous or skillful person, of the same ultimate origin as 1 above.
Germanized or Americanized form of Polish, Czech, Slovak, Rusyn, and Slovenian Knap , a surname of ultimately German origin (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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