Brief Life History of Jane
When Jane Grimes was born about 1802, in Norway, Norway, Herkimer, New York, United States, her father, William Grimes III, was 30 and her mother, Anna Palmerton, was 24. She died in 1820, in Herkimer, Herkimer, New York, United States, at the age of 19.
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1803 · The U.S doubles in size
The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Grim , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish: adopted occasionally in Ireland for Gormley and even Houlihan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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