Brief Life History of Jesse B.
When Jesse B. Knapp was born on 28 July 1834, in Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, United States, his father, Peter Knapp, was 34 and his mother, Maria Ada Rowley, was 32. He married Sarah Corkins on 2 May 1855, in Wayne, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Wayland, Allegan, Michigan, United States in 1860 and Barry Township, Barry, Michigan, United States in 1870. He died on 21 April 1883, in Yankee Springs Township, Barry, Michigan, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Coman Cemetery, Bowens Mill, Yankee Springs Township, Barry, Michigan, United States.
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- Jesse Knapp, "United States Census, 1870"
- Jesse Knapp, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"
- Jesse B Knapp, "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.
1837
Michigan is the 26th state.
1854 · Creation of the Republican Party
A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.
Name Meaning
German: occupational or status name from the German word Knapp(e), a variant of Knabe ‘young unmarried man’. In the 15th century this spelling acquired the separate, specialized meanings ‘servant, apprentice’, and ‘miner’. This surname is also found elsewhere in central Europe, e.g. in Czechia and Slovakia, where it is more commonly spelled Knap (compare 3 below).
German: in Franconia, a nickname for a dexterous or skillful person, of the same ultimate origin as 1 above.
Germanized or Americanized form of Polish, Czech, Slovak, Rusyn, and Slovenian Knap , a surname of ultimately German origin (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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