David Magie Meeker

Brief Life History of David Magie

When David Magie Meeker was born on 20 November 1819, in Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, British Colonial America, his father, Stephen Jones Meeker, was 22 and his mother, Phebe Pierson Johnson, was 23. He married Olivia Gardner on 9 December 1840, in Essex, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He died on 16 June 1880, in Newark Township, Essex, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Newark Township, Essex, New Jersey, United States.

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David Magie Meeker
1819–1880
Olivia Gardner
1822–1852
Marriage: 9 December 1840
Mary E. Meeker
1841–1915
Stephen Jones Meeker
1843–1916
Frances Olivia Meeker
1847–1910
Phebe Magie Meeker
1850–1850

Sources (25)

  • David M Meeker, "New Jersey State Census, 1885"
  • David M Meeker, "New Jersey, Marriages, 1670-1980"
  • David M. Meeker, "New Jersey, Deaths, 1670-1988"

World Events (8)

1820

On January 28, 1820, the New Jersey Legislature incorporated the City of Jersey from parts of the Bergen Township. The city would be reincorporated two more times (January 23, 1829 and February 22, 1838) before receiving its official name. Jersey City became part of the new Hudson County in February of 1840.

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1836

"In April 1836, Samuel Colt formed a corporation of venture capitalists to bring his patented ""revolving gun"" to the market. The Patent Arms Manufacturing of Paterson, New Jersey had been chartered the month before (March 5) and promised Colt a commission for each sale in exchange for the patent rights. Due to the popularity of the patent, Colt had a monopoly on revolver manufacture until 1857."

Name Meaning

English (Somerset): variant of Meaker . This form of the name is rare in Britain and Ireland.

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

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