Brief Life History of Lois
When Lois Stevens was born on 10 May 1774, in Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Peter Stevens, Jr, was 36 and her mother, Lois Glass, was 31. She married Jaazamiah Howe on 30 September 1798, in Wells, Rutland, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Persia, Cattaraugus, New York, United States in 1850. She died on 23 March 1854, in Gowanda, Persia, Cattaraugus, New York, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Gowanda, Collins, Erie, New York, United States.
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- Lois Howe in household of Delia Hockingberry, "United States Census, 1850"
- Stevens, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Legacy NFS Source: Lois Stephens - Individual or family possessions: birth: 10 May 1774; Wells, Rutland, Vermont, United States
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New York is the 11th state.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Name Meaning
English (London), Flemish, Dutch, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Steven . The surname of Flemish origin is also found in the Walloon part of Belgium. In North America, the English form of the surname has also absorbed some like-sounding Jewish names and various other European cognates, e.g. Greek Stefanidis , Serbian Stevanović (see Stevanovic ), Slovenian and Slovak Štefanič (see Stefanic ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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