When Octava Strickland was born on 11 March 1809, in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, her father, Jonathan Strickland, was 33 and her mother, Mary T. "Polly" Tryon, was 29. She married Newman Francis on 15 February 1834. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She died on 13 January 1843, in Newington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in Newington Center Cemetery, Newington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
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.
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name from Great and Little Strickland (Westmorland) or Strickland Ketel and Strickland Roger (also Westmorland). The placenames derive from Old English stīrc ‘stirk, young bullock or heifer’ + land ‘land’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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