Brief Life History of Adra
When Adra Stanton was born in 1803, in New Lisbon, Otsego, New York, United States, her father, Thomas Solomon Stanton, was 34 and her mother, Mary Eldred, was 37. She married Truman Harrington in 1820, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Iowa, United States in 1870 and Clinton, Iowa, United States in 1895. She died in 1891, in De Witt, Clinton, Iowa, United States, at the age of 88.
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- A Harrington in household of Abe Walrod, "Iowa State Census, 1885"
- Adra Stanton in entry for Spencer Harrington, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
- Ada Harrington in household of Truman Harrington, "United States Census, 1860"
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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.
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places in England called Stanton or Staunton, especially Stanton in Staffordshire and Staunton in Worcestershire, all named with Old English stān ‘stone’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. Most of the placenames come from their situation on stony ground, but in the case of Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire and Stanton Drew in Avon the reference is to the proximity of prehistoric stone monuments. The name has also sometimes been chosen by Ashkenazic Jews as an Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames. This surname has also long been established in Ireland (especially Mayo).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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