Brief Life History of Daniel
When Daniel May was born on 28 March 1814, in Dover Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Abraham May, was 13 and his mother, Hannah Nieman, was 13. He had at least 1 son with Mary. He lived in Manchester Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860 and Manchester, York, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. He died on 20 February 1892, in East Manchester Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Manchester Union Cemetery, Manchester, York, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Daniel May, "United States Census, 1880"
- Daniel May, "Pennsylvania, Births and Christenings, 1709-1950"
- Daniel May, "Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
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.
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.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English male personal name May, a pet form of Matthew (see Mayhew ).
English, Dutch, and German: from a personal name or nickname taken from the month of May (Middle English, Old French mai, Middle High German meie, from Latin Maius (mensis), from Maia, a minor Roman goddess of fertility). This name was sometimes bestowed on someone born or baptized in the month of May; it was also used to refer to someone of a sunny disposition, or who had some anecdotal connection with the month of May, such as owing a feudal obligation then. In England, this name was possibly also a pet form of Mary or Margaret. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine) and Denmark.
English: nickname from Middle English mey, may ‘kinsman’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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