Brief Life History of Lorenzo Dow
When Lorenzo Dow Day was born on 14 December 1824, in Cornish, York, Maine, United States, his father, Stephen Day, was 37 and his mother, Lydia Pendexter, was 39. He married Mary Jane Kelley in 1846. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in York, Maine, United States in 1860. He died on 30 January 1899, in Cornish, York, Maine, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Cornish, York, Maine, United States.
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- Lorenso Day, "United States Census, 1870"
- Lorenzo Day, "Find A Grave Index"
- Lorenzo Day in entry for Day and Perry, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
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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.
1832 · Calais Branch is Chartered
The State of Maine chartered the Calais Railway in 1832, one of the first railway charters to be granted by the state. Construction was very long, as the project was reorganized, abandoned, transferred to other companies, and extended several times. It was finally completed in 1898.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English day(e), dey(e) ‘dairyman or dairymaid’. Originally used only of women, it was later used of men with the sense ‘man in charge of the dairy cattle’. This is probably the most common source of the surname.
English: from the Middle English personal name Day(e) or Dey. In western England this is probably a pet form of David , but in northern England and perhaps elsewhere also it is a late Middle English variant of Daw, a pet form of Ralph (see Daw , Dakin ).
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Deaghaidh (see O'Dea ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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