Jane Jennie Keeler Trowbridge
1845–
New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
The Life of Jane Jennie Keeler
When Jane Jennie Keeler Trowbridge was born on 1 May 1845, in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, her father, Daniel Trowbridge, was 25 and her mother, Jane Keeler, was 24. She married John J Matthias on 15 May 1867. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter.
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Family Time Line
Jane Jennie Keeler Trowbridge
1845–
John J Matthias
1840–
Marriage: 15 May 1867
Mary Elsie Matthias
1874–1947
Spouse & Children
1845–Female
- John J Matthias
1840–Male
MARRIAGE
15 May 1867
15 May 1867
children
(1)
- Mary Elsie Matthias
1874–1947Female
Parents & Siblings
- Daniel Trowbridge
1820–1893Male
- Jane Keeler
1821–1893Female
siblings
(2)
1844–Female
1845–Female
World Events (8)
1846
Age 1
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1848 · Slavery is Abolished
Age 3
In 1840, the American Anti-Slavery Society split and slavery started being outlawed in the state. In Canterbury, Connecticut, Prudence Crandall started a school for young African American girls. The people got mad and Crandall was taken to court. The case was lost and that was the beginning of many other cases that would be lost, but it was also the start of having slavery abolished.
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
Age 31
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Trowbridge in Wiltshire, named from Old English trēow ‘tree’ + brycg ‘bridge’; the name probably referred to a felled trunk serving as a rough-and-ready bridge.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (3)
Jennie K. Matthias in household of John J. Matthias, "United States Census, 1880"- Jennie Trowbridge, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"
- Jennie K Trowbridge, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"
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