Salmon Andrews

3 April 1788–19 March 1855 (Age 66)
Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

The Life Summary of Salmon

When Salmon Andrews was born on 3 April 1788, in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, his father, Nathaniel Andrews, was 27 and his mother, Lois Blakeslee, was 26. He died on 19 March 1855, in his hometown, at the age of 66, and was buried in Center Street Cemetery, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.

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Family Time Line

Nathaniel Andrews
1761–1836
Lois Blakeslee
1762–1823
Ira Andrews
1781–1861
Nathaniel Andrews
1800–1857
Andrew Andrews
1783–1858
Asenath Andrews
1785–1819
Salmon Andrews
1788–1855
Joseph Andrews
1791–
Polly Andrews
1793–
Vincey Andrews
1795–1879
Orrin Andrews
1797–1882
Aaron Andrews
1803–1814
Ives Andrews
1805–

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World Events (8)

1789
Age 1
George Washington elected first president of United States.
1802 · Brass is Discovered
Age 14
"In 1802, brass was identified in Waterbury, Connecticut. This gave the city the nickname ""The Brass City."" Brass dominated the city and helped to create the city. The motto of the city is Quid Aere Perennius, which means What is more lasting than brass? in Latin."
1808
Age 20
Atlantic slave trade abolished.

Name Meaning

(1997: 46952;2007: 98668; 2010: 133799)English: variant of Andrew , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This is the usual southern English patronymic form, also found in Wales; the Scottish and northern English form is Anderson . In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages, e.g. Polish Andrzejewski , Slovenian Andrejčič, Serbian and Croatian Andrić (see Andric ), and Czech Ondráček (see Ondracek ).Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Aindreis or Irish Mac Aindriú, see McAndrew .

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

Possible Related Names

Andrus
Andrew
Andros

Sources (5)

  • Salmon Andrews, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Salmon Andrews, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
  • Andrews, "Find A Grave Index"

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