Brief Life History of Rebecca
When Rebecca Blackburn was born on 13 October 1813, in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Zachariah Blackburn, was 43 and her mother, Elizabeth Ainsley, was 26. She married Andrew Denny on 21 November 1831. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Beverly, Washington, Ohio, United States for about 20 years.
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- Rebecca Denney in household of Andrew Denney, "United States Census, 1870"
- Rebecca Blackburn, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Rebecca Denny, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"
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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.
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.
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 any of various places called Blackburn, but especially the one in Lancashire, so named with Old English blæc ‘dark’ + burna ‘stream’. This surname is found mainly in northern England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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