Brief Life History of Lydia Walker
When Lydia Walker Corbett was born on 25 July 1821, in Rowe, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Philip Corbett, was 34 and her mother, Eunice Hicks, was 31. She married Henry Dwight Livermore on 8 February 1855, in Wilmington, Windham, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Charlemont, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States in 1850 and Vermont, United States in 1870. She died on 13 December 1871, in Wilmington, Windham, Vermont, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Intervale Cemetery, Wilmington, Windham, Vermont, United States.
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- Lydia A Livermore in household of H D Livermore, "United States Census, 1870"
- Lydia W. Livermore, "Find A Grave Index"
- Lydia W Liverman, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1834 · Vermont Anti-Slavery Society is Formed
The Anti-Slavery Society of Vermont was established in 1834. 100 people from different towns were at the first meeting, with the intent to abolish slavery.
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.
Name Meaning
English (West Midlands, of Norman origin): nickname from Old French corbet ‘raven’, probably denoting someone with dark hair or a dark complexion.
History: This is the name of a family descended from Hugh Corbet, a Norman baron who settled in Shropshire following the Norman Conquest. One of his descendants, Sir Richard Corbet, was granted land near Shrewsbury in 1223; since the 13th century, this place has been known as Moreton Corbet. The name was taken from Shropshire to Scotland in the 12th century and to northern Ireland in the 17th century, and thence to North America by at least one group of bearers of the name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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