Salome Stearns

Brief Life History of Salome

When Salome Stearns was born on 14 July 1812, in Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States, her father, Charles Stearns, was 43 and her mother, Thankful Bartlett, was 35. She married Jonas Barbour Willis in 1832, in Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Hanover, Oxford, Maine, United States for about 10 years and Gorham, Coos, New Hampshire, United States in 1870.

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Family Time Line

Jonas Barbour Willis
1809–1870
Salome Stearns
1812–
Marriage: 1832
Charles Barbour Willis
1833–1898
Nathan J. Willis
1835–1837
Octavus N. Willis
1836–1910
Salome Barbour Willis
1841–1918
Frances H. Willis
1844–1927

Sources (40)

  • Salome S Willis in household of Quimby C Evans, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Salome Stearns, "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
  • Salome Stearns, "Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

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. 

1820

Maine is the 23rd state.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Stearn , with post-medieval excrescent -s (see Stern ).

History: In 1646 Charles Stearns was admitted as a freeman of Watertown, MA.

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

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