Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Sweet was born on 12 December 1795, in Alburg, Grand Isle, Vermont, United States, her father, Sylvester J Sweet II, was 26 and her mother, Mary Catherine Eldred, was 18. She married Jacob Pickle about 1826, in Vermont, United States. She died in March 1862, in Fairfield, Franklin, Vermont, United States, at the age of 66.
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- Betsey Eldred, "United States Census, 1860"
- Elizabeth Sweet, "Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908"
- Eliza Eldred, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
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World Events (6)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
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.
Name Meaning
English (Somerset): from the Middle English personal name Swet(e) (Old English Swēt(a) (male), Swēte (female)), or else a nickname from Middle English swet(e), sweyt ‘sweet; pleasing; beloved; attractive’ (Old English swēte, swōt), from which the personal names derive. Compare Swett .
Americanized form (translation into English) of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Suess and French Ledoux ‘the gentle, the sweet’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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