Brief Life History of Patience
When Patience Foster was born on 5 May 1815, in Marcellus, Onondaga, New York, United States, her father, Allen Foster, was 37 and her mother, Patience Earl, was 31. She married Eli Whipple on 7 January 1842, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 17 January 1890, in Pine Valley, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Pine Valley Cemetery, Pine Valley, Washington, Utah, United States.
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- Patce Whipple in household of Eli Whipple, "United States Census, 1860"
- Patience Foster Whipple, "Find A Grave Index"
- Patience Whipple in entry for Emma Whipple, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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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.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Forster ‘worker in a forest’.
English: perhaps a nickname from Middle English foster ‘foster parent’ (Old English fōstre, a derivative of fōstrian ‘to nourish or rear’). But other explanations are equally or more likely.
English: from Old French forcetier ‘maker of scissors’; see Forster 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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History of Eli Whipple and Patience Foster
Eli Whipple was born on October 17, 1820 in Luzerne, New York. He was the fourth son of John Whipple and Margaret Willard. The Whipple ancestry is traced back to Pembroke County, Wales. John Whip …
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