Harriet Louisa Brewer

18 November 1829–31 October 1899 (Age 69)
Tyringham, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

The Life Summary of Harriet Louisa

When Harriet Louisa Brewer was born on 18 November 1829, in Tyringham, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Isaac Brewer, was 40 and her mother, Charlotte Potter, was 36. She died on 31 October 1899, in Luverne, Rock, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 69.

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Family Time Line

Isaac Brewer
1789–1849
Charlotte Potter
1793–1881
Laura Tower Brewer
1821–1870
Edwin Tower Brewer
1823–1880
Leonard Brewer
1826–1900
Cynthia Jane Brewer
1827–1896
Harriet Louisa Brewer
1829–1899
George Henry Brewer
1833–1912
Mary Ann Brewer
1835–1917

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World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Age 1
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1830 · The Oregon Trail
Age 1
Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.
1858
Age 29
Minnesota is the 32nd state.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for a brewer of beer or ale, from Middle English brewere ‘brewer’ (an agent derivative of Old English brēowan ‘to brew’). Compare Brewster .English (of Norman origin): Anglicized form of French Bruyère (see Bruyere ), a habitational name from a place so called in Calvados, France, from Old French bruiere ‘heath’.Americanized form (translation into English) of Dutch Brouwer , German Brauer or Breuer , etc., all occupational names meaning ‘brewer’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Brewster
Brower

Sources (7)

  • Harriet L Brewer in household of G B Huntington, "Minnesota State Census, 1885"
  • Harriet L Brewer, "Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001"
  • Harriet Louisa Brewer, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"

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