Adelia Knox

Female1840–

Brief Life History of Adelia

Adelia Knox was born in 1840, in New York, United States. She married Wesley R. Walling on 20 November 1856. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Monmouth, New Jersey, United States in 1860.

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Wesley R. Walling
1833–1919
Adelia Knox
1840–
Marriage: 20 November 1856
Florence Walling
1858–

Sources (7)

  • Adelia Walling in household of Wesley Walling, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Delia Knox, "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956"
  • Aselelin Knox in entry for John H Sutfhen and Florence A Walling, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    20 November 1856

    • Children (1)

    World Events (8)

    1844

    Age 4

    The 1844 revision of the New Jersey State Constitution made some significant changes. Suffrage rights were revoked from women and non-whites, meaning that only white men could vote. A separation of powers was established between executive, legislative, and judicial branches. A new bill of rights was provided, and the state now had the right to elect the governor.

    1846

    Age 6

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    1872 · The First National Park

    Age 32

    Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

    Name Meaning

    Scottish and English (Northumberland and Durham): from a genitive or plural form of Old English cnocc ‘round-topped hill’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived on a hilltop, or a habitational name from any of the places in Scotland and northern England named with this element, now spelled Knock, in particular one in Renfrewshire.

    Scottish: habitational name from any of the places in Scotland named with Gaelic cnoc ‘hill’, for example Knock in Renfrewshire. It is not possibly to disentangle this from the surname derived from the English etymon mentioned in 1 above.

    Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) surnames.

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

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