Brief Life History of Roger
When Roger Orton Jr was born on 20 January 1799, in Genesee, New York, United States, his father, Roger Orton, was 59 and his mother, Esther Avery, was 46. He married Clarissa Mary Bicknell in 1822, in Oneida, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Lee, Iowa, United States in 1850. He died on 24 November 1851, in Iowa Township, Wright, Iowa, United States, at the age of 52.
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- Roger Orton, "United States Census, 1850"
- Roger Orton, "Find A Grave Index"
- Unknown in entry for Robert Orton, "California Deaths and Burials, 1776-2000"
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1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1802
Historical Boundaries: 1802: Genesee, 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: habitational name from any of various places called Orton in Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, and Westmorland. All those in England share a second element from Old English tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’, but the first element in each case is more difficult to determine. Examples in Cambridgeshire and Warwickshire are on the banks of rivers, so these are probably derived from Old English ōfer ‘riverbank’; in other cases it is impossible to distinguish between ofer ‘ridge’ and ufera ‘upper’. Orton in Westmorland is probably formed with the Old Norse byname Orri ‘black-cock’ (the male black grouse). Orton near Fochabers, Scotland, is of uncertain etymology.
Americanized form of Norwegian Årtun: habitational name from the farm name Årtun, found in six places, e.g. in the province of Rogaland, a compound of the genitive case singular of Old Norse á ‘small river’ and tún ‘farm yard (surrounded by buildings)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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