Brief Life History of Isabel
When Isabel Weston was born on 13 January 1860, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, her father, Harding Weston, was 25 and her mother, Mary Wadsworth Parker, was 20. She married Homer Loomis Pound in 1884, in Hailey, Alturas, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Cheltenham Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900 and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910. She died on 9 February 1948, at the age of 88.
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Sources (7)
- Isabelle Pound in household of William H Lewis, "United States Census, 1910"
- Isabella Weston, "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909"
- Isabel Weston, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name from any of numerous places called Weston, from Old English west ‘west’ + tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’.
topographic name from Middle English atte west tun(e) ‘at the west farmstead, settlement’ (Old English west + tūn), or from Middle English (bi) weste(n)tune (Old English be westan tūne or be west in tūne), denoting someone who lived either to the west of a settlement or in the western part of a settlement. The latter was a common surname in Sussex.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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