Brief Life History of Anna Marilla
When Anna Marilla Farrand was born on 13 December 1820, in Cayuga, New York, United States, her father, Bethuel Farrand II, was 37 and her mother, Fanny Marilla Shaw, was 28. She married Harlow L. Stewart on 12 November 1839, in Washtenaw, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1870 and Corunna, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States in 1870. She died on 27 October 1905, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States.
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- Masilla Parsons, "United States Census, 1870"
- Anna Marrilla Stewart, "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940"
- Marilla Forrand Parsons, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
1828 · Michigan Capitol Building Constructed
The first building to serve as the State Capitol was originally built as the Territorial Courthouse. The brick structure was one of Michigan's earliest Greek revival buildings. The building housed the territorial government and state legislatures until 1848, when the capital moved from Detroit to Lansing. The building then became a public school and library until it burned down in 1893.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: from Old French ferrant ‘iron-gray’ (a derivative of fer ‘iron’), probably a nickname with reference to hair color.
English: from the medieval personal name Fer(r)ant, a Middle English and Old French form of Ferdinand , which came to be associated with the color.
French: variant of Ferrand . This surname is very rare in France.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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