Brief Life History of Charlotte
When Charlotte Strickland was born in 1820, in Connecticut, United States, her father, James Strickland, was 51 and her mother, Lucy Avery, was 44. She married Ezra Brown about 1834, in West Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Greenbush, Rensselaer, New York, United States for about 25 years.
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- Charlotte Brown in household of Ezra Brown, "New York State Census, 1875"
- Charlotte Strickland in entry for Mary Isabel Akin, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924"
- Charlotte Brown in household of Ezra Brown, "United States Census, 1860"
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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.
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.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name from Great and Little Strickland (Westmorland) or Strickland Ketel and Strickland Roger (also Westmorland). The placenames derive from Old English stīrc ‘stirk, young bullock or heifer’ + land ‘land’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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