Lovisa Eaton

Brief Life History of Lovisa

When Lovisa Eaton was born in June 1794, in Windham, Connecticut, United States, her father, Josiah Eaton Jr., was 37 and her mother, Ann Knowlton, was 35. She married Asa Farnham Snell on 6 December 1821, in Union, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 9 daughters. She died on 29 September 1848, in Fort Atkinson, Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Fort Atkinson, Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States.

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Family Time Line

Asa Farnham Snell
1794–1861
Lovisa Eaton
1794–1848
Marriage: 6 December 1821
Milton Snell
1823–1901
Snell
1824–1824
Ann Snell
1825–
Mary Louise Snell
1828–1849
Newton Snell
1829–
Lovina Snell
1831–
William Snell
1835–
Wirt Snell
1837–
Ann Lovisa Snell
1826–1918
Mary Louisa Snell
1829–1852
Isaac Newton Snell
1830–1899
Susan C Snell
1831–1910
William Wert Snell
1833–1916
Harriet Newell Snell
1836–1849
Maria Jane Snell
1837–1903

Sources (15)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Lovisa Snell - Government record: birth-name: Lovisa Snell
  • Louisa Snell, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Lovisa in entry for Milton Snell, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"

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World Events (8)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1802 · Brass is Discovered

"In 1802, brass was identified in Waterbury, Connecticut. This gave the city the nickname ""The Brass City."" Brass dominated the city and helped to create the city. The motto of the city is Quid Aere Perennius, which means What is more lasting than brass? in Latin."

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of various places called Eaton or Eton, such as Eaton Socon (Bedfordshire), Eaton (Cheshire), or Eton (Buckinghamshire), named from either Old English ēa ‘river’ or ēg ‘island, low-lying land’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.

History: Nathaneal Eaton, born in Coventry, England, c. 1609, came to MA in 1637 and was the first head of Harvard College, in 1638–39.

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

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