Brief Life History of Eleanor
When Eleanor Forman was born on 23 January 1794, in Burlington, New Jersey, United States, her father, John Forman Jr, was 32 and her mother, Phebe Mathis, was 29. She married Isaac E Engle about 1816, in Burlington, New Jersey, United States. She died on 1 June 1856, in Richmond, Wayne Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Miami Cemetery, Corwin, Wayne Township, Warren, Ohio, United States.
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- Elenor Forman Engle, "Find A Grave Index"
- Elenor Forman Engle, "BillionGraves Index"
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1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1806
Historical Boundaries: 1806: Dearborn County, Indiana Territory, United States. 1810: Wayne County, Indiana Territory, United States. 1816: Wayne County, Indiana, United States.
1811
Historical Boundaries: 1811 - 1816: Wayne County, Indiana Territory, United States. 1816 - Today: Wayne County, Indiana, United States.
Name Meaning
English: status name for a leader or spokesman for a group, from Middle English fore-man ‘foreman, reeve’ (from the Old English prefix fore- ‘foremost’ + mann ‘man’). The word is attested in this sense from the 15th century, but is not used specifically for the leader of a gang of workers before the late 16th century.
English: variant of Fordman with loss of -d-, from Middle English ford ‘ford’ (Old English ford) + man, denoting either a dweller by or a keeper of a ford. Compare Forder .
Americanized form of German Fohrmann (see Fohrman ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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