Brief Life History of Charles William
When Charles William Boren was born on 27 March 1813, in Sumner, Tennessee, United States, his father, Tarleton Boren, was 31 and his mother, Hannah Dillon, was 28. He married Roena Elvira Carson Thompson on 3 February 1835, in Edwards, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 13 October 1889, in Eugene, Lane, Oregon, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Akers Chapel Cemetery, Kinderhook Township, Pike, Illinois, United States.
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- Chas Boren, "United States Census, 1880"
- Charles W. Boren, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Charles William Boren, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1821
Historical Boundaries: 1821: Pike, Illinois, United States
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
Swedish (also Borén): ornamental name composed of an unexplained first element + the adjectival suffix -én/-en, a derivative of Latin -enius ‘relating to’. Compare Boreen and Borin .
Polish (Boreń): from a pet form of the personal names like Borzysław (see Bora 1).
Probably also an Americanized form of German Born .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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