Brief Life History of Surviah
Surviah Witter was born on 9 September 1793, in Scipio, Cayuga, New York, United States. She married Francis Brown Tanner on 1 October 1815, in Scipio, Cayuga, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 13 May 1868, in Clymer, Clymer, Chautauqua, New York, United States, at the age of 74.
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Sources (13)
- Sarah Tanner in household of Francis W Tanner, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Surviah Witter - birth: 9 September 1793; Genesee, Allegany, New York, United States
- Servia Witter in entry for George W. Tanner, "Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907"
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World Events (8)
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
1799
Historical Boundaries 1799: Cayuga, New York, United States
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.
Name Meaning
German: from an ancient Germanic personal name, composed of the elements wid(u) ‘wood, forest’ + hari ‘army’.
North German: occupational name for a whitewasher or plasterer, from Middle Low German witten ‘to make white’, or for a coiner, from witten ‘to determine the contents of gold or silver by boiling’.
English (Lancashire and Cheshire): variant of Whitter .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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