Susanna Barr

Brief Life History of Susanna

When Susanna Barr was born on 2 February 1822, in Strasburg, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Michael Brenneman Barr, was 28 and her mother, Susan Eshleman, was 30. She married Cyrus Jugurtha Miller on 25 March 1846, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. She lived in Mendon, Adams, Illinois, United States in 1880. She died on 14 December 1902, in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States.

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Henry Benjamin Baldwin
1813–1898
Susanna Barr
1822–1902
Marriage: 1874

Sources (8)

  • Susan B Baldwin in household of Henry B Baldwin, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Susan B Miller, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • Susan B Baldwin, "Illinois, Adams County, Card Index to Deaths, 1877-1990"

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World Events (8)

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.

1825

Historical Boundaries: 1825: Pike, Illinois, United States 1825: Adams, Illinois, United States

1846

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

Name Meaning

Scottish (Glasgow) and northern Irish (Ulster): habitational name from any of various places in southwestern Scotland, in particular Ayrshire and Renfrewshire, named with Gaelic barr ‘height, hill’ or a Brittonic cognate of this.

English and Welsh: habitational name from Great Barr in Staffordshire. This is from Brittonic barro- ‘top, summit’, referring to Barr Beacon; there is evidence that this was known as la Bare in the 13th century.

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Barre-en-Ouche in Eure, France, or perhaps from Barre-de-Semilly in Manche, France.

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

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