Brief Life History of Lois
When Lois Pond was born on 18 August 1802, in Hopkinton, Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Zadoc Pond, was 30 and her mother, Margaret Peggy Gibson, was 24. She married Maynard Hayden on 24 October 1822, in Hopkinton, Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 9 March 1867, in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Lois P Hayden in household of Maynard Hayden, "United States Census, 1860"
- Lois Pond, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Lois Bond, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
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World Events (7)
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.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
Name Meaning
English (mainly southern): topographic name for someone who lived by a pond or lake, from Middle English ponde ‘pond, artificial or natural pool’, denoting someone who lived or worked by such a feature.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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