When Angeline Harper was born about 1810, in Harpersfield, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States, her father, James A Harper, was 35 and her mother, Sarah A. Minor, was 28. She married William Chester Watrous on 2 November 1826, in Ashtabula, Ohio, United States.
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"ASHTABULA COUNTY - This county was formed 7 June 1807, and was taken from Trumbull and Geauga [Counties], and the date of its organization was 22 January 1811. It derived its name from Ashtabula River, which signifies in Indian dialect, ""Fish River."""
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English (Staffordshire), Scottish, Irish (Antrim and Down), and Dutch: occupational name for a player on the harp, from Middle English harper(e) ‘harper’ (Old English hearpere) and Middle Dutch harper, herper. The harper was one of the most important figures of a medieval baronial hall, especially in Scotland and northern England, and the office of harper was sometimes hereditary. The Scottish surname is probably an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Chruiteir ‘son of the harper’ (from Gaelic cruit ‘harp’, ‘stringed instrument’). This surname has long been present in Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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