Brief Life History of Violette Otis
When Violette Otis Chase was born on 6 December 1821, in Bristol, Addison, Vermont, United States, her father, Sisson Chase, was 35 and her mother, Dorothy Hinsdale, was 29. She married Alvin Milton Harding on 2 July 1840, in Charlotte, Chittenden, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1847 and lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850 and Oregon City, Clackamas, Oregon, United States for about 10 years. She died on 21 April 1904, in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Oregon City, Clackamas, Oregon, United States.
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- V O Harding, "United States Census, 1870"
- Violette Ottis, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
- Violet Otis Chace in entry for Josephine Harding Barin, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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Historical Boundaries - 1829: Oregon Country, United States; 1843: Clackamas, Oregon Country, United States; 1846: Clackamas, Oregon Unorganized Federal Territory, United States; 1848: Clackamas, Oregon Territory, United States; 1859: Clackamas, Oregon, United States
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Historical Boundaries: NOTE: Twality is sometimes spelled Tuality. 1845: Twality, Oregon Country, United States 1846: Twality, Oregon Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1848: Twality, Oregon Territory, United States 1849: Washington, Oregon Territory, United States 1854: Multnomah, Oregon Territory, United States 1859: Multnomah, Oregon, United States
Name Meaning
English (southern): metonymic occupational name for a huntsman, or perhaps a nickname for an exceptionally skilled huntsman, from Middle English chase ‘hunt’ (Old French chasse, from chasser ‘to hunt’, Latin captare).
History: Thomas Chase came to MA from Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England, in the 1640s, and had many prominent descendants. Samuel Chase, born in Somerset County, MD, in 1741, was one of the first members of the US Supreme Court; Philander Chase, born in Cornish, NH, in 1741 was a prominent Episcopal clergyman, and his nephew Salmon Portland Chase (1808–73), also born in Cornish, was governor of OH, a US senator, and secretary of the US Treasury during the Civil War.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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