Avries Merrit Weed

Brief Life History of Avries Merrit

When Avries Merrit Weed was born on 3 March 1847, in Morris, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, his father, Orson Truman Weed, was 43 and his mother, Matilda Messinger, was 36. He married Lucy Elizabeth Penhallow about 1869, in Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Barkhamsted, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States in 1910 and Winchester, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States in 1920. He registered for military service in 1861. He died on 22 May 1928, at the age of 81, and was buried in Forest View Cemetery, Winsted, Winchester, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States.

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Family Time Line

Avries Merrit Weed
1847–1928
Lucy Elizabeth Penhallow
1851–1926
Marriage: about 1869
Merritt A. Weed
1870–1900
Wallace A. Weed
1873–1877
Otis Penhollow Weed
1877–1944
Ada Mildred Weed
1881–1970
Lena E Weed
1884–1967
Earlis Artie Weed
1890–1959

Sources (10)

  • Avries Weed, "Connecticut, Military Census Questionnaires, 1917"
  • Avries Merrit Weed, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Avries in entry for Lucy E. Penhollow Weed, "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955"

World Events (8)

1849

Post office est. June 6, 1849

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

English: nickname for an irascible person, from Middle English wed(e) ‘mad, crazy’. The name is also possibly from the Middle English noun wede in one of its senses, ‘weed’ or ‘garment, habit’.

Americanized form of Dutch Weeda .

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

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