Brief Life History of Augusta Maria
When Augusta Maria Knapp was born on 30 July 1862, in Newbury, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Daniel Knapp, was 29 and her mother, Louisa Elwell, was 31. She married John William Warren on 17 June 1897, in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States for about 10 years. She died on 21 September 1915, in Newbury, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 53, and was buried in Newbury, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
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- Maria A Knapp in household of Daniel Knapp, "United States Census, 1870"
- Augusta M. Knapp, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"
- Augusta M. Knapp Warren, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1868 · Land in Groton Given to US Navy for Navy Station
In 1868, the State of Connecticut gave the Navy 112 acres of land along the Thames River. This became the location of the Naval Submarine Base. It was designed to hold 1,400 men and 20 submarines. During WWII it was expanded to 497 acres.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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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