Orrin Patchen Felt

Brief Life History of Orrin Patchen

When Orrin Patchen Felt was born on 4 August 1820, in Michigan, United States, his father, Sylvester Felt, was 33 and his mother, Sarah " Sally" Austin, was 30. He married Jane Conant on 2 December 1843, in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 31 August 1886, in Charter Township of Van Buren, Wayne, Michigan, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Charter Township of Van Buren, Wayne, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

Orrin Patchen Felt
1820–1886
Jane Conant
1826–1889
Marriage: 2 December 1843
John Albert Felt
1845–1863
Sarah Jane Felt
1848–1921
Alice Josephine Felt
1850–1918

Sources (6)

  • Oran Felt, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Orrin Patchen Felt, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Orin J Felt in entry for Sarah Jane Corwin, "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952"

World Events (8)

1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land

A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.

1837

Michigan is the 26th state.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English: metonymic occupational name for someone who made, worked with, sold, or perhaps wore felt, from Middle English felt ‘felt’. Compare Felter .

German: rare variant of Feld ‘field, area of open country’, or an Americanized form of its cognate Velt.

Swedish: rare variant of Feldt , a cognate of 2 above, and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this.

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

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