Brief Life History of Rebecca Price
When Rebecca Price Buck was born on 28 October 1815, in Versailles, Woodford, Kentucky, United States, her father, Peter Chew Buck, was 36 and her mother, Miriam P. Price, was 23. She married John Buck Helm on 16 December 1862, in Montgomery, Tennessee, United States. She lived in Montgomery, Tennessee, United States in 1850. She died on 19 November 1891, at the age of 76.
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- Rebecca P Buck in household of Peter C Buck, "United States Census, 1850"
- Helm Family Bible
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World Events (8)
1818 · Jackson Purchase
The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English buc(ke) ‘male goat’ (Old English bucca) or a ‘male deer’ (Old English bucc). The goat was popularly associated with lecherous behaviour and the deer with timidity and speed. The surname may also be a shortened form of longer occupational names, for example Roger le Bucmanger' ‘dealer in bucks or venison’, (Warwickshire 1221) or Walter Bucswayn perhaps ‘goatherd’ (Somerset 1327).
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a prominent beech tree, such as Peter atte Buk (Suffolk 1327), from Middle English buk ‘beech’ (from Old English bōc).
German and Dutch (Limburg): from a personal name, a short form of Burkhard (see Burkhart ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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