Brief Life History of Rowland Sears Howes
When Rowland Sears Howes Mantor was born on 12 February 1842, in Hawley, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Samuel Jones Mantor, was 23 and his mother, Elizabeth Howes, was 24. He lived in Shelburne, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States in 1850 and Buckland, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States in 1855.
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Sources (5)
- R S H Manter in household of Saml J Manter, "United States Census, 1860"
- Rowland Sears Howes, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Rowland Sears Howes Mantor, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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World Events (8)
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.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Manter .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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