Rebecca Amanda Patterson

Brief Life History of Rebecca Amanda

Rebecca Amanda Patterson was born on 27 February 1824, in County Monaghan, Ireland as the daughter of Patterson and Miss Bennett. She married John Torbit O'Neil on 29 October 1849, in Home Township, Algoma, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Center Township, Grant, Indiana, United States in 1900 and Ithaca, Tompkins, New York, United States in 1910. She died on 16 October 1916, in Marion, Center Township, Grant, Indiana, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Grind Stone City, Huron, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Torbit O'Neil
1814–1904
Rebecca Amanda Patterson
1824–1916
Marriage: 29 October 1849
Eleanor Rebecca Amanda O'Neil
1850–1941
John O'Neil
1851–
Elizabeth Jean O'Neill
1852–1923
Thomas Wesley O'Neill
1853–1904
Jonathan Edward O'Neill
1855–1910
Annie Louise O’Niel
1857–1931
Ruth Oneil
1860–1890
Asenath O'Neill
1862–1943
Richard B. O'neill
1864–1952
George Bassett O'Neill
1866–1949

Sources (13)

  • Rebecca Oneill, "United States, Census, 1910"
  • Rebecca Patterson, "Ontario, District Marriage Registers, 1801-1858"
  • Rebecca Patterson O'Neill, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1826

Historical Boundaries: 1826: Delaware New Purchase, Indiana, United States 1827: Adams New Purchase, Indiana, United States 1831: Grant, Indiana, United States

1851 · Constitution of 1851

Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.

Name Meaning

Scottish and northern English: variant of Patrickson ‘son of Patrick ’, which was either shortened to Patrison and metathesized to Patterson, or shortened from Paterickson to Patterson.

Irish: in Ulster, this name is of English or Scottish origin, but in County Galway, it was also taken by bearers of the Gaelic name Ó Caisín ‘descendant of the little curly-headed one’ (from Gaelic casín ‘curly’), which is usually Anglicized as Cussane. In addition to the confusion between Irish Gaelic casín ‘curly’ and cosán ‘path’, there has also been an erroneous assumption that the English name Patterson is somehow derived from the English word path.

English: 19th-century variant of Patteson, a shortened form of Pattinson .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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