Brief Life History of Velina
When Velina Hannum was born on 16 December 1810, in Easthampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Deacon Julius Hannum, was 30 and her mother, Martha Lyman, was 21. She married Noah Marcus Humphrey Jr. on 1 September 1840, in Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Richfield, Summit, Ohio, United States in 1850. She died on 29 September 1855, in Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Brecksville Cemetery, Brecksville, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States.
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- Velina Humphrey in household of N M Humphrey, "United States Census, 1850"
- Velina Hannum, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Velina Harmon, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · War of 1812
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Name Meaning
English (Wiltshire):
habitational name from Old Norse afnám ‘newly enclosed plot taken from common or undeveloped land’, a frequent minor placename in northern counties, e.g. Avenham Park in Preston (Lancashire) and Aynhems in Rimington (Yorkshire), sometimes with prosthetic H-, as in Haynholme in Draughton (Yorkshire).
habitational name from Hanham (Gloucestershire), from Old English hānum ‘(at) the stones’, dative plural form of hān ‘stone’. The ending -ham comes by analogy with other placenames with this very common unstressed ending.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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