Theressa C Huntley

Femaleabout 1832–

Brief Life History of Theressa C

When Theressa C Huntley was born about 1832, in New York, United States, her father, Dr. Lyman Huntley, was 39 and her mother, Alma Upson, was 32. She lived in Sweden, Monroe, New York, United States for about 5 years and Brockport, Monroe, New York, United States in 1865.

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Family Time Line

Dr. Lyman Huntley
1794–1881
Alma Upson
1801–1885
Sarah Maria Huntley
1820–1845
Samuel Newell Huntley
1822–1839
Neville Huntly
1824–
Darius Huntly
1826–
Darwin Huntley
1827–1838
Theressa C Huntley
1832–
Frances J Huntley
1834–1915
Byron E Huntley
1825–1906

Sources (4)

  • Thressa Huntly in household of Lyman Hentley, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Theressa Huntly in household of Lyman Huntly, "New York State Census, 1855"
  • Theressa C Huntley in household of Seymour Huntley, "New York State Census, 1865"

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World Events (8)

1832 · The Black Hawk War

Age 0

Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Age 4

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.

1863

Age 31

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Huntley in Gloucestershire, from Old English hunta ‘hunter, huntsman’ (see Hunt ) + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. Occasionally the name may arise from Huntley in Staffordshire, of the same etymology, but there is no medieval evidence that this gave rise to a surname.

Scottish: habitational name from a lost place called Huntlie in Berwickshire (Borders), with the same etymology as in 1 above. Huntly in Aberdeenshire was named for a medieval Earl of Huntly who took his title from the Borders placename, and is not the source of the surname.

English: occasionally perhaps a habitational name from Huntley in Preston on Wye (Herefordshire), first recorded in 1290 as a surname, (de) Huntelaw. The placename derives from Old English hunta ‘hunter, huntsman’ + hlāw ‘mound, hill’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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