Brief Life History of Anna Amelia
When Anna Amelia Keenan was born on 3 September 1832, her father, James Keenan, was 29 and her mother, Rhoda Ann Duckwall, was 19. She had at least 4 sons and 1 daughter with Charles Clinton Clapp. She lived in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, United States in 1880. She died on 12 September 1896, in Maryland, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, United States.
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Sources (5)
- A. A. Clapp, "United States, Census, 1880"
- Annie Amelia Clapp, "Find A Grave Index"
- Anna Amelia Keenan in entry for Clapp, "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909"
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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.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Colm, Aileen, Declan, Fergal, Mairead, Paddy, Roisin, Siobhan.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cianáin ‘son of Cianán’, a personal name from a diminutive of cian ‘distant, long’, or possibly of Mac Fhinghin ‘fair offspring’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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