Brief Life History of Mary Jane
When Mary Jane Pillsbury was born on 5 August 1834, in New Hampshire, United States, her father, Timothy Abbott Pillsbury, was 25 and her mother, Mary Giles, was 24. She married William Harvey Redfield on 17 July 1854. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Owatonna Township, Steele, Minnesota, United States in 1865 and Minnesota, United States in 1870. She died on 1 May 1873, at the age of 38.
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- Mary Redfield in household of W H Redfield, "Minnesota State Census, 1865 "
- Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1987
- Washington, Select Death Certificates, 1907-1960
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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.
1836
The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin - Sept 3, 1836 Treaty Treaty of the Cedars was concluded on the Fox River on September 3, 1836. The Menominee Nation ceded nearly 4 million acres of land for the following items every year for twenty years: $3,000 worth of food provisions, 2,000 lbs. of tobacco, 30 barrels of salt, agricultural supplies, and $500 per year. (Wisconsin Historical Society)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in Derbyshire, so namedfrom the genitive of the Old English personal name Pīl +burh (dative byrig) ‘fortified place’.
History: William Pillsbury (or Pilsbury) came to MA from England as early as1641, settling first in Dorchester and then in Ipswich. His descendantJohn Sargent Pillsbury (1828–1901), who made the name famous forflour, was a miller and governor of MN.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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