When Rachel Webb was born on 10 October 1832, in Clay City, Harrison Township, Clay, Indiana, United States, her father, Joseph Webb, was 36 and her mother, Malinda Milley Blount, was 22. She married David William Miller on 26 July 1853, in Decatur, Adams, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 13 daughters. She lived in Missouri, United States in 1870 and Lucas, Iowa, United States in 1895. She died on 22 March 1911, in Malvern, Mills, Iowa, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Malvern Cemetery, Malvern, Mills, Iowa, United States.
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Historical Information 1834: Decatur, Indiana, United States
The Massive Internal Improvements Act of 1836 loaned Indiana $10,000,000 to create infrastructure such as canals, railroads, and roads across the state. The act was signed by Whig Governor Noah Noble and passed by the Indiana General Assembly. However, the financial crisis known as the Panic of 1837 thwarted these plans as costs ballooned. Construction on the infrastructure was not completed and the state debt rapidly increased.
The town of Santa Fe was denied their application for a United States Postal Service as a town of Santa Fe, Indiana, was already established. Several meetings were held and the name was changed to Santa Claus, Indiana. The United States Postal Service granted their application. Due to the name, the post office in Santa Claus continues to receive thousands of letters to Santa Claus from children around the world each December.
English: occupational name for a weaver, from early Middle English webbe (Old English webba (masculine) or webbe (feminine), probably used of both male and female weavers). This word survived into Middle English long enough to give rise to the surname, but was already obsolescent as an agent noun; hence the secondary forms with the agent suffixes -er and -ster (see Webster , Webber and compare Weaver ).
Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish (Ashkenazic) surnames, cognates of 1, including Weber and Weberman.
History: Richard Webb, a Lowland Scot, was an admitted freeman of Boston in 1632, and in 1635 was one of the first settlers of Hartford, CT.
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