Brief Life History of Calvin
When Calvin Still was born about 1803, in New York, United States, his father, Ebenezer Still Sr, was 38 and his mother, Susanna Preston, was 29. He married Deborah Shippy on 1 January 1818, in Palmyra, Wayne, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Ontario, New York, United States in 1820. He died on 16 November 1832, in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States, at the age of 30.
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- Calvin Stitt, "United States Census, 1820"
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1803 · The U.S doubles in size
The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
English and German: nickname for a calm man, from Middle English, Middle High German stille ‘calm, silent, still’. The German name may also have denoted a (deaf) mute, from the same word in the sense ‘silent’.
English: variant of Stile .
English: variant of Stell .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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