Brief Life History of John W
When John W Waller was born on 28 March 1783, in Delaware, United States, his father, Jonathan Waller, was 40 and his mother, Jane E. McDonell, was 21. He married Sarah E Green about 1808, in Bethel Township, Monroe, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. He died on 2 October 1840, in Adams Township, Monroe, Ohio, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Marr, Monroe, Ohio, United States.
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- John Waller, "United States Census, 1830"
- John Waller, "Find A Grave Index"
- John Waller, "Ohio Tax Records, 1800-1850"
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World Events (8)
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1787
Delaware was the first state to ratify the federal Constitution -- December 7, 1787, becoming the first state in the Union
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.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English waler, waliere, walour, waller ‘builder of walls, mason’.
English: in Sussex, perhaps a topographic name for someone who lived by a prominent wall.
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a spring, stream, or man-made well, from Middle English waller, a derivative of Middle English walle, Old English wælle, wælle. It is a West Midlands dialect form of Weller .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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