Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Stotts was born in 1816, in Huron, Ohio, United States, her father, Abraham Stotts, was 46 and her mother, Elizabeth Wineburner, was 41. She married William Tanner Jr in 1839. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States in 1860. She died on 25 December 1887, at the age of 71.
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- Margaret Tanner in household of William Tanner, "United States Census, 1860"
- Margerit Stotts, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Marguerite M in entry for Benjamin M Tanner, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English: altered form of Stott .
Americanized form of German Stotz .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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