Brief Life History of Uriel
When Uriel Crocker Jr. was born on 13 September 1796, in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Uriel Crocker, was 28 and his mother, Mary James, was 23. He married Sarah Kidder Haskell on 11 February 1829, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He immigrated to Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1874 and lived in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States for about 10 years. He died on 19 July 1887, in Cohasset, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Meril Crocker, "United States Census, 1850"
- Uriel Crocker, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Uriel Crocker, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924"
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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.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
Name Meaning
English (southwestern): occupational name for a potter, from Middle English crockere, an agent derivative of Middle English crok(ke) ‘pot’ (Old English croc, croc(ca)).
English (of Norman origin): variant of Craker .
Americanized form of German Krocker .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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