Desdemona Marshall

Brief Life History of Desdemona

When Desdemona Marshall was born in 1844, in Huntington Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Job Marshall, was 44 and her mother, Abigail Dodson, was 42. She married Millard Albertson in 1864. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Fairmount Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years.

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Family Time Line

Millard Albertson
1834–
Desdemona Marshall
1844–
Marriage: 1864
Loretta Albertson
1864–1919

Sources (2)

  • Destamona Marshal in household of Dobe Marshal, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Destameny Marshall in household of Job Marshall, "United States Census, 1860"

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World Events (8)

1846

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

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.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English: usually an occupational name ‘farrier’, occasionally a status name ‘chief official of a royal household or court; a high officer of state’, from Middle English mareshal and Old French maresc(h)al. An even wider range of meanings is found in some other languages: compare for example Polish Marszałek (see Marszalek ). This name has been established in Ireland since the 13th century. It is also borne by Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames.

Americanized form of German Marschall .

Americanized form of French Mercier .

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

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