Albert Lee Sisson

Brief Life History of Albert Lee

When Albert Lee Sisson was born on 8 November 1817, in Bloomfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, his father, Daniel Lee Sisson, was 26 and his mother, Elizabeth Chapman, was 20. He married Ellen Lucretia Miller on 5 May 1845, in Waterford, New London, Connecticut, United States. He lived in Connecticut, United States in 1870 and Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States in 1880. He died on 4 October 1886, in Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 68.

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Family Time Line

Albert Lee Sisson
1817–1886
Mary A. Gorton
1828–
Marriage: 12 May 1852
Albert T Sisson
1853–
Mary Elizabeth Sisson
1855–
Charles L Sisson
1857–1900
Frederick Henry Sisson
1859–
Caroline Sisson
1862–
Florence Anna Sisson
1868–1888

Sources (13)

  • Albert L Sesson, "United States Census, 1880"
  • A. L. Sisson, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"
  • Albert Lee Sisson, "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1829 · Farmington Canal Opened

Farmington Canal spans 2,476 acres, starting from New Haven, Connecticut, and on to Northampton, Massachusetts. The groundbreaking for the canal was in 1825 and opened in 1829.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

English:

from the Middle English female personal name Sis(se), Cisse, a pet form of Cecily (see Sisley ) + -son.

variant of Syson, a habitational name from Syston (Leicestershire), from a short form of an Old English personal name such as Sigehǣth or Sigefrith + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.

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

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