Brief Life History of Clarinda
When Clarinda Knapp was born on 10 August 1802, in Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, her father, Calvin Knapp, was 32 and her mother, Deborah Hopkins, was 24. She married Andrew Lee Allen on 11 December 1824, in Allegany, Allegany, Cattaraugus, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States in 1852 and San Bernardino, California, United States in 1857. She died on 7 December 1862, in Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Richmond City Cemetery, Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Colinda Allen in household of Chas Allen, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Clarinda Knapp - Church record: birth: 10 August 1802; Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
- Clarinda Knapp in Charles H. Allen, "Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951"
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World Events (8)
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1808
Historical Boundaries 1808: Cattaragus, New York, United States
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
German: occupational or status name from the German word Knapp(e), a variant of Knabe ‘young unmarried man’. In the 15th century this spelling acquired the separate, specialized meanings ‘servant, apprentice’, and ‘miner’. This surname is also found elsewhere in central Europe, e.g. in Czechia and Slovakia, where it is more commonly spelled Knap (compare 3 below).
German: in Franconia, a nickname for a dexterous or skillful person, of the same ultimate origin as 1 above.
Germanized or Americanized form of Polish, Czech, Slovak, Rusyn, and Slovenian Knap , a surname of ultimately German origin (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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