When Vashti Decker was born on 25 June 1802, in Montgomery, Montgomery, Orange, New York, United States, her father, Jacob Hasbrouck Decker, was 31 and her mother, Abigail Tuthill, was 25. She married James Beveridge in 1808. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died on 12 September 1865, in Newburgh, Orange, New York, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Newburgh, Orange, New York, United States.
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France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.
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.
German: occupational name for a roofer (thatcher, tiler, slater, or shingler) or a carpenter or builder, from an agent derivative of Middle High German decke ‘covering’, a word which was normally used to refer to roofs, but sometimes also to other sorts of covering; modern German Decke still has the twin senses ‘ceiling’ and ‘blanket’.
Dutch: variant of Dekker , cognate with 1 above. Compare De Decker .
English (London): variant of Dicker .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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