When Henry Hiskey was born on 19 November 1801, in Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Michael Hiskey, was 47 and his mother, Anna Margaretha Bastian, was 39. He married Sarah Knauss on 26 October 1822, in Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 9 June 1850, in North Whitehall Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Egypt, Bucks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America.
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France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Historical Boundaries 1812: Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States
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.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hUisce, literally ‘descendant of the water’, and for this reason sometimes Anglicized as Waters . However, it is more likely to be an altered form of Ó hUarghuis ‘descendant of Uarghus’, a personal name from elements meaning ‘cold’ + ‘vigor’.
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