Brief Life History of Milicent
When Milicent Fletcher was born in January 1820, in England, United Kingdom, her father, John Fletcher, was 25 and her mother, Lydia Patchett, was 27. She married Jacob Taggart Stern in 1841. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She immigrated to United States in 1880 and lived in La Grange Township, Harrison, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Harrison, Iowa, United States in 1895. She died on 12 November 1904, in Logan, Harrison, Iowa, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Logan, Harrison, Iowa, United States.
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- Millicent B Stern in household of Wallis L Stern, "United States Census, 1900"
- Melicent Fletcher, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Malisent Fletcher, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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World Events (8)
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for an arrowsmith, from Middle English fleccher, Old French flechier, flecher ‘fletcher’, for someone who made or sold arrows for bows. This surname has sometimes been confused with Flesher .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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