Brief Life History of Avis
When Avis Crockett was born on 30 June 1803, in Thomaston, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Benjamin Andrew Crockett, was 32 and her mother, Eunice Alins Crockett, was 28. She married William Bartlett on 31 December 1826, in Rockland, Knox, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died in 1831, in Maine, United States, at the age of 28.
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- Avice Crockett, "Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907"
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World Events (8)
1804
Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
1804 · Whitehead Light
In 1804, President Thomas Jefferson authorized the creation of a light station on Whitehead Island. The light house went into service by 1807. It is the third-oldest light house in Maine. Whitehead Light still exists as the private property of Pine Island Camp, a non-profit organization.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
English (Staffordshire) and Scottish (of Norman origin): nickname for someone who affected a particular hairstyle, from Anglo-Norman French croket ‘ornamental curl or roll of hair’ (Old Norman French croquet, a diminutive of croque ‘curl, hook’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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