Brief Life History of Amelia Ann
When Amelia Ann Hey was born on 26 June 1823, in Ohio, United States, her father, Augustus Morrison Hey, was 32 and her mother, Sarah Ligget, was 25. She married John Smith Couch on 24 March 1844, in Franklin, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Sycamore, Montgomery, Kansas, United States in 1880 and Montgomery, Geary, Kansas, United States in 1895. She died on 29 May 1893, at the age of 69.
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- Amelia Couch in household of J A Wade, "Kansas State Census, 1895"
- Amelia Ann Hay, "Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958"
- Ametria Couch in household of John Couch, "United States Census, 1860"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): variant of Hay .
Dutch: variant, mostly Americanized (or archaic) and Flemish, of Heij, a topographic name for someone who lived on a heath, Dutch hei, heide.
German: metonymic occupational name for a grower or mower of grass, from Middle High German höu ‘grass, hay’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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