Brief Life History of Peter
When Peter Staley was born on 24 October 1800, in Montgomery, New York, United States, his father, Johann Jacob Staley, was 46 and his mother, Maria Elizabeth House, was 44. He married Rebecca Dennison in 1825, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 24 April 1879, in Malahide Township, Elgin, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 78, and was buried in Luton, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.
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- Peter Staley, "Canada Census, 1871"
- Peter Staley, "Find A Grave Index"
- Peter Staley, "Canada, Ontario Tax Assessment Rolls, 1834-1899"
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1803 · The U.S doubles in size
The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.
1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Staveley in Derbyshire, Stayley in Lancashire (now called Stalybridge in Greater Manchester), or perhaps Staveley (Westmorland), Staveley (Lancashire), or Staveley (Yorkshire). The placenames all derive from Old English stæf ‘staff, stave, rod’ (genitive plural stafa) + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. Compare Staveley .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Birth: Oct. 24, 1800 New York, USA Death: Apr. 24, 1879 St. Thomas Ontario, Canada Died in Malahide Twp In / memory of / Rebecca / wife of / Peter STALEY / who died / Mar. 23, 1886 / aged 78 y …
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