Brief Life History of Zelinda
When Zelinda Farnham was born on 5 July 1785, in Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Asa Farnham, was 24 and her mother, Eunice Pratt, was 23. She married William Holloway on 21 January 1816, in Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died in Pendleton, Niagara, New York, United States.
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- Zelinda Farnam, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Zelinda Farnam, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
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World Events (8)
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1808
Historical Boundaries 1808: Niagara, 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
English: habitational name from Farnham in Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Essex, Suffolk, Surrey, and Yorkshire, all named from Old English fearn ‘fern’ + either hām ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘enclosure hemmed in by water, a water-meadow’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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