Brief Life History of Tranquilla Ann
When Tranquilla Ann Chappell was born on 13 June 1841, in North Carolina, United States, her father, Christopher Chappell Jr., was 49 and her mother, Sarah Mathis Mathews, was 46. She lived in Perry, Mississippi, United States in 1850. She died on 11 May 1859, at the age of 17, and was buried in Chappell Cemetery, Forrest, Mississippi, United States.
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Sources (2)
- Franquilla Chappel in household of Christopher Chappel, "United States Census, 1850"
- Tranquilla Ann Chappell, "Find A Grave Index"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1853 · First State Fair
The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a chapel, from Middle English chapel(l)e ‘chapel’, via Old French, from Late Latin capella, originally a diminutive of capa ‘hood, cloak’, but later transferred to the sense ‘chapel, sanctuary’, with reference to the shrine at Tours where the cloak of Saint Martin was preserved as a relic.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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