Brief Life History of Almira
When Almira Bryant was born on 8 May 1805, in Orange, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Jonathan Bryant, was 30 and her mother, Pearley French, was 24. She married John Adams Peckham in 1839, in Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 9 July 1845, in Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 40.
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- Almirey Bryant, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Almira Peckham in the Massachusetts, Town Death Records, 1620-1850
- Almira Bryant Peckham in entry for Charles Amon Peckham and Lucina Almina Bryant, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
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World Events (7)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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 (of Norman origin): from the Celtic personal name Brian (from brigo- ‘high’ + the suffix -ant-), with excrescent -t. Breton bearers of this name were among the Normans who invaded England in 1066. They went on to settle in Ireland in the 12th century, where the name mingled with the native Irish form Briain (see O'Brien ). The latter had also been borrowed, as Brján, by the Vikings, who introduced it independently into northwestern England before the Norman Conquest.
Breton: very rare variant of Briant (see Briand ) and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this.
History: The American poet William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878) came of a New England family, being descended from Stephen Bryant, who had settled in Plymouth Colony in 1632.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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