Nancy Jane Farley

Brief Life History of Nancy Jane

When Nancy Jane Farley was born on 9 August 1823, in White, Illinois, United States, her father, Edward Farley Jr., was 25 and her mother, Mary Ann Moore, was 19. She married Jacob Adamson about 1837. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Weber, Utah, United States in 1850 and Vallejo Township, Sonoma, California, United States in 1880. She died on 31 July 1914, in Napa, California, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Valley Cemetery, Pope Valley, Napa, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jacob Adamson
1817–1880
Nancy Jane Farley
1823–1914
Marriage: about 1837
Emily Jane Adamson
1841–1927
William Henderson Adamson
1843–1926
Edward Francis Adamson
1845–1930
Mary Elizabeth Adamson
1847–1931
Adamson
1848–1850
John Martin Adamson
1851–1932
Isaac Newton Adamson
1853–1906
Charles Wesley Adamson
1856–1927
Thomas Milton Adamson
1860–1885
Lillian "Rena" Adamson
1865–1926

Sources (9)

  • Nancy J Adamson in household of Jacob Adamson, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Nancy Jane Adamson, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Nancy Farley in entry for Isaac Newton Adamson, "California Deaths and Burials, 1776-2000"

World Events (8)

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1832 · Black Hawk War

"The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of other tribes, known as the ""British Band"", crossed the Mississippi River, into Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous, but records show that he was hoping to avoid bloodshed while resettling on tribal land that had been given to the United States in the 1804 Treaty of St. Louis."

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Weber, Utah, United States

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of various places called Farley, of which there are examples in Berkshire, Derbyshire, Hampshire, Kent, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Staffordshire, Surrey, Wiltshire, Shropshire, and Sussex. From Old English fearn ‘fern’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. See also Farleigh , Fairley , Fairlie .

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fearghaile (see Farrelly ).

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

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