Brief Life History of Harriet Elizabeth
When Harriet Elizabeth Webster was born on 17 January 1854, in Franklin County, Virginia, United States, her father, John B Duncan Webster, was 35 and her mother, Elizabeth Akers, was 40. She married James A. Starkey on 11 December 1873, in Franklin, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Bonbrook, Franklin County, Virginia, United States in 1910 and Baker Township, Gove, Kansas, United States for about 10 years. She died on 9 April 1925, in Quinter, Gove, Kansas, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Quinter, Gove, Kansas, United States.
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- Harriet E Starkey in household of Chas Starkey, "Kansas State Census, 1925"
- Harrett Storkey, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Harriett E. Webster, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
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1861
Kansas is the 34th state
1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name for a weaver, from Middle English webbester ‘weaver’ (Old English webbestre ‘female weaver’). By the time of surname formation, the gender distinction of the -stre suffix had almost completely disappeared. Compare Webb , Webber , and Weaver .
History: The name Webster was brought to North America from England independently by several different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One John Webster settled in Ipswich, MA, in 1635; another John Webster (died 1661), ancestor of the lexicographer Noah Webster, emigrated to Cambridge, MA, c. 1631 and later became one of the founders of the colony of CT, of which he was appointed governor in 1656. Daniel Webster (1782–1852), politician and orator, was born in Salisbury, NH, a descendant of Thomas Webster, a prominent 17th-century citizen of Ipswich, MA, whose family had settled there around 1635, while he was still a child.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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