Laura Maria Searle

Brief Life History of Laura Maria

When Laura Maria Searle was born on 20 March 1817, in Southampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Moses Searle, was 37 and her mother, Mary Bosworth, was 34. She married Ransford Jesee Root Jr on 9 January 1838, in Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Massachusetts, United States in 1870. She died on 21 April 1897, in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Middle Farms Cemetery, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ransford Jesee Root Jr
1812–1884
Laura Maria Searle
1817–1897
Marriage: 9 January 1838
Laura Almira Root
1840–1922
Albert Ransford Root
1845–1923
Son Root
1850–1851
Lillian C. Root
1855–1857
Frank M Root
1858–1905
Root
1858–

Sources (44)

  • Laura M Root, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Laura M. Searle Root, "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"
  • Laura Root Jr, "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925"

World Events (7)

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. 

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.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English personal name Serle, Serlo, Serily (ancient Germanic Sarilo, Serilo, possibly derived from a root sarw- ‘device, craft, skill, armor’ + suffix -il-), cognate with Old Norse Sǫrli. The name was frequent in Normandy and became common in England after the Conquest.

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

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