Brief Life History of Jacob Christian
When Jacob Christian Happy was born on 10 May 1836, in Columbia, New York, United States, his father, Jacob Happy, was 24 and his mother, Elizabeth Ploss, was 24. He had at least 1 son and 2 daughters with Sarah Elizabeth Like. He lived in Kingston, Ulster, New York Colony, British Colonial America for about 5 years and Olive, Ulster, New York, United States in 1920. He died in 1921, in Ulster, New York, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Woodstock Cemetery, Woodstock, Ulster, New York, United States.
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- Jacob C Hoppy in household of Christian Hoppy, "New York State Census, 1855"
- Legacy NFS Source: Jacob Christian Happy - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Jacob Christian Happy
- Jacob C. Happy, "Find A Grave Index"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
Name Meaning
Americanized form (translation into English) of French Lheureux .
Americanized form of German Hoppe .
English (London) and Scottish: apparently from Middle English or Scots happi ‘prosperous, lucky; skillful’. It may sometimes also be a recent translation or adaptation, in the sense ‘happy’, of an immigrant surname such as German Gluck or French Lheureux (see 1 above), but in Britain there is no clear evidence for this. This surname is now rare in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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