Brief Life History of Rachel
Rachel Horner was born in 1798, in Thwaite, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. She married William Watts on 14 November 1821, in Roughton, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 24 December 1836, in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States.
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- England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
- Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1600-1935
- Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952
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World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
English (North Yorkshire) and German: from Horn 1 with the agent suffix -er; used either as an occupational name for someone who made or sold small articles made of horn (Middle English hornere), a metonymic occupational name for someone who played a musical instrument made from the horn of an animal, or a topographic name for someone who lived at a ‘horn’ of land. In the Middle Ages whole horns were used for many purposes: as drinking vessels, as containers, as wind instruments for sounding an alarm and for signalling to others (e.g. when hunting). Pieces of horn were used to make spoons, buttons, combs, handles, decorative tips for rods, and other things. The horner's craft could include making musical horns as well as sheets of translucent horn for windows and for covering books. For example, Thomas Hornar of Petergate in York was paid for ‘hornyng et naillyng’ the superscribed covers of books in York Minster library in 1421.
German (also Hörner): from any of various places called Horn, referring to their location at a spur of land, at a horn shaped piece of land.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Horn 5.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Letter from William Watts to his family in England, 1836
Author William Watts Parent ID Ypsilanti Gleanings, December 1973: Pioneers of the Ypsilanti Area Month December Year 1973 Rights Held By Ypsilanti Historical Society OCR Text "There are all those ear …
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