Adney or Adna Legg

Brief Life History of Adney or Adna

When Adney or Adna Legg was born on 18 December 1833, in Norway, Norway, Herkimer, New York, United States, his father, Asa Legg, was 41 and his mother, Mary Bly, was 23. He died on 2 March 1867, at the age of 33.

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Family Time Line

Asa Legg
1792–1836
Mary Bly
1810–1899
Daniel Bly Legg
1830–1912
Asa Legg Jr
1832–1851
Adney or Adna Legg
1833–1867

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    World Events (4)

    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.

    1846

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    1863

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    Name Meaning

    English (mainly West Country): nickname for someone with some peculiarity of the leg, from Middle English legg ‘leg’ (Old Norse leggr).

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

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