Brief Life History of Margaret
Margaret Campbell was born about 1801, in Georgia, United States. She married William Elias Wester III about 1822, in Tattnall, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Jackson, Florida, United States in 1850. She died about 1844, at the age of 45.
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1803 · Gerogia's First Land Lottery
Georgia’s first land lottery act was signed by Governor John Milledge. The first drawings for the land lottery were held two years later in 1805.
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.
Name Meaning
Scottish: nickname from Gaelic cam ‘crooked, bent’ + beul ‘mouth’. As a result of folk etymology, the surname was often represented in Latin documents as de bello campo ‘of the fair field’, which led to the name sometimes being ‘translated’ into Anglo-Norman French as Beauchamp .
Irish (North Armagh): adopted for Gaelic Mac Cathmhaoil ‘son of Cathmhaol’ (literally ‘battle chief’): see Caulfield and Cowell .
English: variant of Camel , under the influence of the Scottish name (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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