Brief Life History of Fanny
When Fanny Sheldon was born on 10 February 1796, in Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Asa Sheldon, was 44 and her mother, Rhoda Catlin, was 34. She married Urbane Parsons on 23 December 1836. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Wisconsin, United States in 1870 and Medina, Dane, Wisconsin, United States in 1880.
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- Hannah Parsons in household of Irvin Parsons, "United States Census, 1850"
- Fancy Sheldon, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Fanny Parsons in entry for Wm. K. Parsons, "Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930"
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World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1829
American settlers began mining the Wisconsin Territory in the early 1800's. The lead ore in the territory had largely been mined previously by American Indians. By 1829, nearly 4,000 miners had moved to Wisconsin Territory. The miners became known as badgers as they burrowed into hillsides for shelter. The name eventually represented the state and Wisconsin is now known as the Badger State. (Wisconsin Historical Society: Lead Mining in Southwestern Wisconsin)
Name Meaning
English: habitational name in most cases from Sheldon in Derbyshire, but sometimes from Sheldon in Warwickshire or Devon, or from Sheldon in Chippenham (Wiltshire). The Derbyshire place, recorded in Domesday Book as Scelhadun, probably takes its name from Old English scelf ‘rock, ledge, shelf’ + the placename Haddon, itself from Old English hǣth ‘heath’ + dūn ‘hill’. The Warwickshire and Wiltshire placenames probably derive from Old English scelf + dūn, while the Devon placename probably comes from Old English scelf + denu ‘valley’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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