Brief Life History of Robert
When Robert Owen was born on 21 April 1784, in Granville, North Carolina, United States, his father, Thomas Owen, was 41 and his mother, Isabella Allen, was 35. He married Rhoda McGhee on 5 June 1811, in Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 24 February 1861, in Ohio, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States.
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- Robert Owen, "United States Census, 1860"
- Robert Owen, "Find A Grave Index"
- Robert Owen in entry for Elizabeth James Marshall, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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World Events (8)
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1789 · Becomes 12th State
On November 21, 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state in the Union.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
Welsh: from the personal name Owain, from Latin Eugenius (see Eugene ). This Welsh personal name is cognate with Old Irish Eogán, see 2 and 3.
Scottish and Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eoghain ‘son of Eoghan’. See McEwen .
Irish: from Ó hEoghain, ‘descendant of Eoghan’. See Ewen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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