Brief Life History of Cyrene
When Cyrene Whitney was born in December 1840, in Newburgh, Penobscot, Maine, United States, her father, Charles Whitney, was 46 and her mother, Mrs. Charles Whitney, was 19. She married Lewis Robbins Gilmore on 2 April 1861, in Penobscot, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Hampden, Penobscot, Maine, United States for about 30 years. She died on 5 November 1904, in Maine, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Locust Grove Cemetery, Hampden, Penobscot, Maine, United States.
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- Cyrene Gilmon in household of Lewis B Gilmon, "United States Census, 1900"
- Cyrene Whitney Gilmore, "Find A Grave Index"
- Serena Whitney in entry for Flagg and Gilmore, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
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1842 · Webster–Ashburton Treaty
The Webster-Ashburton Treaty was signed on August 9, 1842 and resolved the border issues between the United States and British North American colonies which had caused the Aroostook War. The treaty contained several agreements and concessions. It called for an end on the overseas slave trade and proposed that both parties share the Great Lakes. It also reaffirmed the location of the westward frontier border (near the Rocky Mountains) as well as the border between Lake Superior and Lake of the Woods. The treaty was signed by Daniel Webster (United States Secretary of State) and Alexander Baring (British Diplomat, 1st Baron Ashburton).
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Whitney in Herefordshire, the etymology of which is uncertain. The second element is Old English ēg ‘island, piece of higher ground in a low-lying area’; the first appears to be hwītan, which is either the genitive singular of an Old English byname Hwīta (meaning ‘white’), or the weak dative case (originally used after a preposition and article) of the adjective hwīt ‘white’. The name may also derive from Whitney (now Whitney Wood) in Stevenage (Hertfordshire), probably named from Old English hwītan ‘white’ + (ge)hæge ‘enclosure’.
History: John Whitney came from London, England, to Watertown, MA, in 1635, and had numerous prominent descendents.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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