Brief Life History of Catherine
When Catherine Sherman was born about 1783, in Oak Hill, Greene, New York, United States, her father, John Sherman, was 20 and her mother, Unknown, was 18. She married Sereign Cleveland in 1805, in Scipio, Cayuga, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died in her hometown.
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Family Time Line
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- North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
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World Events (8)
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
1800
Historical Boundaries: 1800: Greene, New York, United States
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
English (London): occupational name denoting someone who used shears to trim the surface of finished cloth and remove excessive nap, from Middle English sherman, shirman, sharman ‘shearman’.
Americanized form of North German Schürmann (see Schuermann ) and of German or Jewish (Ashkenazic) Schermann .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a tailor, from Yiddish sher ‘scissors’ + man ‘man’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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