When Fannie Elizabeth Garrison was born on 7 February 1815, in Virginia, United States, her father, Garrison, was 26 and her mother, Julia Elizabeth Smith, was 18. She married Robert Lister on 2 May 1839, in Greene, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Greeneville, Greene, Tennessee, United States in 1850 and Tennessee, United States in 1870. She died on 15 September 1886, in Greene, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Dulaney, Greene, Tennessee, United States.
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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.
“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
English: from a shortened form of Middle English Gerardson, a patronymic from the personal name Gerard + son, or an Anglicized form of its Dutch cognate Gerritsen . The English surname is probably in most cases of Flemish or Dutch origin. It was brought to Britain by immigrants from the Low Countries, especially in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Americanized form of Jewish Gerson (see Gershon ).
Americanized form of Dutch Gerritsen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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