Hannah Colby

Brief Life History of Hannah

When Hannah Colby was born on 16 July 1816, in Holland, Erie, New York, United States, her father, Nathan Colby, was 27 and her mother, Eunice Blood, was 34. She died on 6 January 1847, in Cuba, Allegany, New York, United States, at the age of 30.

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Family Time Line

Nathan Colby
1788–1857
Eunice Blood
1782–1862
Peter Jonas Colby
1802–1887
Lucinda Colby
1805–1891
Lydia Colby
1808–1880
Laura Louise Colby
1810–1883
Polly Coleman
1813–1849
Eunice Colby
1815–1906
Hannah Colby
1816–1847
Jerusha L Colby
1822–1899
I. Riley Colby
1825–1825

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World Events (3)

1818

Established in 1818

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.

Name Meaning

English (eastern): habitational name from Colby in Norfolk and Westmorland, Coleby in Lincolnshire, or Coulby Newham in the North Yorkshire. The Colby placename derives from the Old Norse personal name Koli (a byname for a swarthy person, from kol ‘(char)coal’) + Old Norse býr ‘settlement’.

Americanized form of Norwegian Kolby .

Americanized form of German Kolbe . Compare Kolby .

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

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