Brief Life History of Shubal Wilson
When Shubal Wilson Knapp was born on 19 June 1794, in Vermont, United States, his father, Obadiah Knapp, was 34 and his mother, Sarah Willson, was 34. He married Mary Hull Thompson on 24 July 1822, in Delaware, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Liberty Township, Delaware, Ohio, United States for about 10 years. He died on 26 November 1859, at the age of 65, and was buried in Liberty Cemetery, Middlebury, Delaware, Ohio, United States.
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- Shubael W Knapp, "United States Census, 1840"
- Shubael W Knapp, "Find A Grave Index"
- Shubael Wilson Knapp in entry for Abbie Hull Lyon, "Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001"
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World Events (7)
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.
1803
Ohio was the first state admitted to the Union from the Northwest Territory.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
German: occupational or status name from the German word Knapp(e), a variant of Knabe ‘young unmarried man’. In the 15th century this spelling acquired the separate, specialized meanings ‘servant, apprentice’, and ‘miner’. This surname is also found elsewhere in central Europe, e.g. in Czechia and Slovakia, where it is more commonly spelled Knap (compare 3 below).
German: in Franconia, a nickname for a dexterous or skillful person, of the same ultimate origin as 1 above.
Germanized or Americanized form of Polish, Czech, Slovak, Rusyn, and Slovenian Knap , a surname of ultimately German origin (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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