Brief Life History of Lydia
When Lydia Shirley was born on 13 November 1832, in Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Joseph Shirley, was 45 and her mother, Catharine Fulmer, was 27. She lived in Kiskiminetas Township, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850 and Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. She died on 7 November 1873, in Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Olivet Cemetery, South Bend, South Bend Township, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Sidia Shirley in household of Joseph Shirley, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Lydia Shirley - birth-name: Lydia Shirley
- Lydia Shirley, "Find A Grave Index"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1844
Oldest grave seen in the memorials list
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the places so named, such as Shirley (Warwickshire), Shirley in Millbrook (Hampshire), Shirley (Surrey), Shirley in Owston (Yorkshire), and Shirley (Derbyshire). The placenames probably derive from Old English scīr ‘bright’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’, though some may have scīr ‘district, shire’ as the initial element if they lie on a boundary; for example, the Warwickshire place lies on the Warwickshire-Worcestershire boundary. The name Shirley first appears in Ireland in the late 17th century, following the granting of lands to a Shirley family in the barony of Farney, Monaghan.
History: William Shirley (1694–1771) was born in Sussex, England, and came to MA in 1731. He rose in the colonial service, was appointed governor in 1741, and was responsible for the British capture of the French fortress of Louisbourg, Cape Breton Island, in 1745.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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