Brief Life History of Julia
When Julia Seeley was born on 9 July 1782, in Wallkill, Orange, New York, United States, her father, Bazaleel Seely, was 20 and her mother, Rachel Tuthill, was 20. She married Ebenezer Bull about 1803, in Orange, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Cornwall, Orange, New York, United States in 1850. She died on 2 September 1850, in Orange, New York, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Orange, New York, United States.
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- Julia Bull in household of Ebenizer Bull, "United States Census, 1850"
- Julia Bull in entry for Wm. Bull and Alxie Curtis, "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911"
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1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
1788
The Town of Cornwall was founded in 1788 as New Cornwall, which was changed in 1797 to Cornwall.
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.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a person with a cheerful disposition, from Middle English seli ‘happy, fortunate’ (Old English sǣlig, from sǣl ‘happiness, good fortune’). The word was also occasionally used as a female personal name during the Middle Ages. The sense ‘pitiable’, which developed into modern English silly, is not attested before the 15th century. See also Selman .
Altered form of German Seele , respelled to preserve the bisyllabic pronunciation of the German name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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