Brief Life History of Margaret
Margaret Carver was born on 22 February 1815, in Ohio, United States as the daughter of John Carver. She married Robert J. Whallon on 15 March 1837, in Hamilton, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Union Township, Butler, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Sycamore, Symmes Township, Hamilton, Ohio, United States for about 20 years. She died on 15 November 1893, in Sharonville, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in West Chester Cemetery, Westchester, Butler, Ohio, United States.
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- Margaret Whalan in household of Robert Whalan, "United States Census, 1850"
- Margaret Carver, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- unknown, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
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1818
Sharonville, originally known as Sharon, was platted in 1818 by Simon Hageman and others. History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio; 1894; p. 452
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.
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: occupational name from Middle English kerver ‘one who cuts or carves (something)’, especially wood, hence ‘carpenter’ but within that trade more specifically and commonly ‘sculptor of wooden images’; perhaps occasionally ‘sculptor in stone’.
Americanized form of German Garber , Gerber , or Körber (see Koerber ).
History: John Carver (c. 1576–1621), one of the Mayflower Pilgrims, was the first governor of Plymouth Plantation. He was born in Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire, England. Emigrating to the Netherlands in 1609, he joined the Pilgrims at Leyden.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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