Brief Life History of Ursula Crooker
When Ursula Crooker Fish was born on 1 June 1787, in Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Thomas Fish, was 28 and her mother, Ursula Crooker, was 24. She married Ebenezer "Bezar" L Drake on 24 November 1804, in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 5 November 1861, in Pembroke, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 74.
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- Ursula Drake in household of Beza Drake, "Massachusetts State Census, 1855"
- Ursula Drake, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Ursula Fish, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
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1788 · The First Presidential Election
The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.
1789
George Washington elected first president of United States.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English fish, fisch, fisk ‘fish’ (Old English fisc, Old Norse fiskr), a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or fish seller, or a nickname for someone thought to resemble a fish.
Americanized form of German Fisch , and a variant of the same Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname. The surname of Jewish and German origin is also found in Britain.
Americanized form (translation into English) of French Poisson ‘fish’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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