Brief Life History of Lucy
When Lucy Tripp was born in 1817, in Genesee, New York, United States, her father, John Tripp, was 28 and her mother, Susan Sisson, was 25. She married Daniel Stivers in 1835, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Hillsdale, Michigan, United States in 1850. She died in 1896, in Litchfield, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States, at the age of 79.
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- Lucy Stivers in household of Daniel Stivers, "United States Census, 1850"
- Lucy Stivers, "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897"
- Mrs Simon Hadley, "Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006"
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World Events (8)
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.
1837
"During the winter of 1836-37, the Legislature passed an act authorizing the organization of Litchfield, appointing Samuel Riblet to preside over the first election, where there were 20 votes. There is some question as to how the community obtained its name, since the original name was to be Columbus. According to the 1879 History of Hillsdale County, Mr. Henry Stevens, ""a turbulent man,"" who desired the name of Litchfield, went to Detroit where the Legislature was in session, and ""by free use of liquid and other arguments prevailed on the Legislature to adopt that name."""
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English trip(pe) (n) ‘(to) dance; stumble’ (Old French tripe(r)), either an occupational name for a dancer, or a nickname for someone who had difficulty walking.
English: metonymic occupational name from Middle English trip(e) ‘tripe’ (Old French tripe).
German: metonymic occupational name for a maker of wooden pattens (trippe), a type of raised sole that could be strapped to normal footwear for walking in unpaved muddy streets.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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