Brief Life History of Isaac Augustus
When Isaac Augustus Canfield was born on 3 December 1818, in Ontario, New York, United States, his father, Israel Canfield, was 42 and his mother, Lucy West, was 36. He married Paulina Melissa Smith on 12 December 1844, in Ossian, Ossian, Livingston, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Oxford, Oneida, Idaho, United States in 1880. He died on 4 December 1891, in Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States.
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- Augustus Canfield in household of Charles Canfield, "New York State Census, 1855"
- Isaac Augustus Canfield, "Find A Grave Index"
- Isaac Augustus Canfield, "Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900"
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World Events (8)
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.
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name from Great or Little Canfield in Essex, named with the Old English personal name Cana (see Cane 2) + feld ‘open country’.
in some cases the surname may be of Norman origin, a habitational name from Canville-les-Deux-Églises in Seine-Maritime (France).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Lucy Maria Canfield's diary
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