Brief Life History of Henry Higgins
When Henry Higgins Tanner was born on 25 January 1798, in North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Palmer Tanner, was 28 and his mother, Margaret Austin, was 26. He died on 21 March 1815, in Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 17, and was buried in North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.
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- Henry Tanner, "Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
- Henry Tanner, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (6)
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
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1804
Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
Name Meaning
English (southern) and Dutch: occupational name for a tanner of skins, Middle English tanner, Middle Dutch taenre. The Middle English form derives from Old English tannere, from Late Latin tannarius, reinforced by Old French taneor, from Late Latin tannator; both Late Latin forms derive from a verb tannare, possibly from a Celtic word for the oak, whose bark was used in the process.
German: topographic name from Middle High German tan ‘woods, pine forest’ for someone who lived near such terrain.
German: habitational name for someone from any of several places called Tanne (in the Harz Mountains, Bavaria, East Prussia, Switzerland) or Tann (Hesse, Bavaria), Thann (Bavaria, Austria, Alsace), Tannen (southern Germany, Switzerland), Thannen (Bavaria).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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