Brief Life History of Robert D.
When Robert D. Sewell was born in 1860, in Saint John, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, his father, Henry Walter Sewell, was 41 and his mother, Mary Jane Young, was 42. He married Annie Burrell on 24 December 1888, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1870 and Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1900. He died on 25 April 1915, in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Robert Sewall, "United States Census, 1870"
- Robert D. Sewell, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
- Robert D. Sewell, "Find A Grave Index"
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1860 · Abraham Lincoln Elected President
Abraham Lincoln was Elected President of the United States in November of 1860
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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:
from the Middle English personal name Siwal(d), Sewal(d), Old English Sigeweald, from sige ‘victory’ + weald ‘rule(r)’, or the corresponding Old Norse Sigvaldr. This name later became thoroughly confused with Sewal(d), from Old English Sǣweald (see Sewall ).
habitational name from one or more places, such as Sewell (Bedfordshire), Seawell (Northamptonshire), Sywell (Northamptonshire), Showell in Steeple Barton (Oxfordshire), Showell in Little Tew (Oxfordshire), or Sowell in Kentisbeare (Devon), all meaning ‘seven springs’ (Old English seofon + wella). Compare Seawell .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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