When Margaret Jane Lee was born on 3 November 1818, in Virginia, United States, her father, John Barnet Lee, was 53 and her mother, Elizabeth Elkins, was 49. She married Elisha Hurt on 27 June 1838, in Lewis, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Barry, Pike, Illinois, United States in 1880. She died on 6 May 1886, at the age of 67, and was buried in Barry Cemetery, Barry, Pike, Illinois, United States.
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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.
“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Some characteristic forenames: Chinese Young, Sang, Jae, Jong, Jung, Sung, Yong, Kyung, Seung, Dong, Kwang, Myung.
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land, Middle English lee, lea, from Old English lēa, dative case (used after a preposition) of lēah, which originally meant ‘wood or glade’.
English: habitational name from any of the many places in England named with Old English lēah ‘wood, glade’, including Lee in Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, and Shropshire, and Lea in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, and Wiltshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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