Brief Life History of Helen Mae
When Helen Mae Weston was born about 1824, in New York, United States, her father, Oliver Weston, was 32 and her mother, Myra Ann Sherman, was 27. She married Simeon P. Rowley about 1848, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Ohio, United States in 1870 and Portland, Ionia, Michigan, United States in 1880. She died on 13 June 1895, in South Arm Township, Charlevoix, Michigan, United States, at the age of 72.
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- Helen M Rowley in household of Jacob Ryman, "United States Census, 1860"
- Helen May Rowley, "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897"
- Helen Weston in entry for William A Rowley, "Ohio, Crawford County Obituaries, 1860-2004"
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1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
1837
Michigan is the 26th state.
1847 · Moving the State Capital
The capital of Michigan was moved from Detroit to Lansing on March 17, 1847. The capital was moved to be further away from Canada, to encourage settlement and boost economy toward the inner regions of the state, and to make to capital more accessible to everyone statewide.
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name from any of numerous places called Weston, from Old English west ‘west’ + tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’.
topographic name from Middle English atte west tun(e) ‘at the west farmstead, settlement’ (Old English west + tūn), or from Middle English (bi) weste(n)tune (Old English be westan tūne or be west in tūne), denoting someone who lived either to the west of a settlement or in the western part of a settlement. The latter was a common surname in Sussex.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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