Thomas Kirby

Brief Life History of Thomas

When Thomas Kirby was born about 1803, in Middletown, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, his father, CAPT Reuben Kirby, was 36 and his mother, Mary Butler, was 41.

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Family Time Line

CAPT Reuben Kirby
1768–1833
Mary Butler
1763–1853
Abel Kirby
1793–1889
Thomas Kirby
1803–
Maria Kirby
1795–1889
Horace Kirby
1798–1825
Nicholas Kirby
1799–
Lucia Kirby
1801–1846
Thomas Kirby
1801–
Horace Kirby
1803–
Lucia Kirby
1805–1846
Thomas Kirby
1807–
Nicholas Kirby
1809–

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    World Events (3)

    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.

    1829 · Farmington Canal Opened

    Farmington Canal spans 2,476 acres, starting from New Haven, Connecticut, and on to Northampton, Massachusetts. The groundbreaking for the canal was in 1825 and opened in 1829.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from any of numerous places in northern and eastern England called Kirby or Kirkby, from Old Norse kirkja ‘church’ + ‘farmstead, village’.

    Irish: adopted for Ó Garmhaic ‘descendant of Cíarmhac’, a personal name meaning ‘dark son’. Compare Kerwick .

    Irish: Anglicized form of Mac Geirble ‘son of Geirble’, a personal name of uncertain origin. The name is preserved in the townland name of Carrowkeribly in County Mayo.

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

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