George Grant Redden

Brief Life History of George Grant

When George Grant Redden was born on 8 November 1790, in Somerset, New Jersey, United States, his father, Christopher Redden, was 37 and his mother, Margaret Grant, was 35. He married Adelia Higley on 8 December 1816, in Hiram, Portage, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Hiram, Portage, Ohio, United States in 1820 and Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850. He registered for military service in 1812. He died on 19 June 1852, in At Sea, at the age of 61.

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Family Time Line

George Grant Redden
1790–1852
Adelia Higley
1794–1864
Marriage: 8 December 1816
Return Jackson Redden
1817–1891
William Harrison Redden
1819–1909
Laure Ann Redden
1820–1920
Louisa Redden
1822–1912
Margaret L Redden
1823–1913
Sarah Redden
1823–1913
Nancy Ann Redden
1825–1892
Adelia Ellen Redden
1828–1895
George Grant Redden
1830–1856
Christopher Redden
1834–

Sources (24)

  • George G Redden, "United States Census, 1820"
  • George G. Redden, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • George Grant Redden, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1791

Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.

1791 · Founding of Paterson

The Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures (S.U.M.) was the first large business corporation in the United States. The organization was granted a charter by Governor William Paterson on November 22, 1791. The newly formed town was named Paterson, in honor of the governor.

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from Redden in Sprouston (Roxburghshire). Early-medieval spellings like Reuenden suggest that the placename is from Old English hræfna denu ‘ravens' valley’.

English: topographic name for someone who lived in or near a patch of cleared woodland, from Middle English reden(e) (Old English ryden) ‘clearing’.

Irish: variant of Redding .

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

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Story Highlight

George Grant Redden

Family home was in Coalville, Utah. Home missionary; president YMMIA, 1898-1899. Justice of the peace at Wanship, Utah, 1889; City Councilman at Coalville 1901-1905.

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