Olive Moulton

Brief Life History of Olive

When Olive Moulton was born on 21 April 1792, in Monson, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Daniel Moulton, was 30 and her mother, Abigail Blodget, was 31. She married James Richmond in March 1818. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Massachusetts, United States in 1870. She died on 18 November 1872, in Monson, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Moulton Hill Cemetery, Monson, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Olive Moulton
1792–1872
Jane L. Richmond
1819–1853
Jonathan Cady Richmond
1822–
Miranda M. Richmond
1825–1846
James Richmond
1827–1913
Olive M. Richmond
1833–1873

Sources (14)

  • Olive Richmond, "Massachusetts, State Census, 1865"
  • Oliv Moulton, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Olive Moulton, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"

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.

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.

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

English (mainly Cheshire and Lancashire): habitational name from one or more of the places called Moulton (Cheshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk, North Yorkshire), most of which are named with the Old English personal name Mūl(a), the Old Norse personal name Múli, or Old English mūl ‘mule’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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