Mary Mana Gridley

Brief Life History of Mary Mana

When Mary Mana Gridley was born on 29 March 1813, in Harwinton, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, her father, Salmon Gridley, was 30 and her mother, Cyntha Bull, was 25. She married Ira Callender on 27 November 1834, in Burlington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 21 August 1837, at the age of 24, and was buried in New Britain, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.

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Ira Callender
1808–1898
Mary Mana Gridley
1813–1837
Marriage: 27 November 1834
Charles C. Callender
1835–1905

Sources (5)

  • Mary Gridley, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
  • Mary M Gridley in entry for Ira Calender, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
  • Mary Gridley Callender, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"

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World Events (7)

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. 

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.

1820 · Making Land more affordable

"The United States law requiring full payment at the time of purchase and registration of any land. to help encourage sales and make land more affordable, Congress reduced the minimum price of dollar per acre and the minimum size that could be purchased. Most of this land for sale was located on the frontier which was then ""The West"". This Act was good for many Americans, but it was also over used by wealthy investors."

Name Meaning

variant of Greasley, either a habitational name from Greasley in Nottinghamshire (but possibly also from Gresley in Derbyshire), or a nickname either from Old French greslet ‘marked as by hail’, i.e. pitted or pock-marked, or Old French greslet, gresli, grailet ‘thin, slim’.

perhaps from Middle English greithli, gritheli ‘good, pleasant, noble’ (Old Norse greithligr), the source of modern northern dialect gradely ‘decent, honest, good-looking, kind’. In the absence of medieval surname forms this is conjectural.

English:

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

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