Brief Life History of Fannie
When Fannie West was born on 11 August 1774, in Broome, New York, United States, her father, Thomas West Jr, was 32 and her mother, Mary Joy, was 33. She married Joseph Root Jr on 9 February 1795, in Genesee, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 21 March 1849, in Gaines, Orleans, New York, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Gaines, Orleans, New York, United States.
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- Fanny West Root, "Find A Grave Index"
- Fanny Root in entry for Wm. Root, "Michigan, Deaths, 1867-1897"
- Fanny West Root, "Find A Grave Index"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New York is the 11th state.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
English and German: from Middle English, Middle High German west ‘west’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived to the west of a settlement, or a habitational name for someone who had migrated from further west.
Americanized form of Finnish Vesterinen: from the personal name Vesteri (a short form of Sylvester ) + the surname suffix -nen.
History: This name was brought to North America independently by many bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Thomas West, 12th Baron De La Warre, was captain general of Virginia in 1610–11. The state of DE is named for him. One of the earliest permanent settlers was Francis West (1606–92), who came to Duxbury, MA, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, in or before 1638.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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