Brief Life History of Richard Henry
When Richard Henry Dana Sr. was born on 15 November 1787, in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Francis Dana Sr, was 44 and his mother, Elizabeth Ellery, was 36. He married Ruth Charlotte Smith on 8 April 1813, in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 2 February 1879, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Cambridge City, Jackson Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States.
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- Richard H Dana, "United States Census, 1860"
- Richard H. Or Richard Henry Dana, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Richard Henry Dana, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
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1788 · The First Presidential Election
The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.
1789
George Washington elected first president of United States.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
Probably an altered form of English Dawney or Dawnay (see Dawn ), cognates of French Daunay (see Donais ).
Czech and Slovak (Daňa); Polish and Hungarian: from a short form of the personal name Daniel (Hungarian Dániel), or perhaps from a short form of any of various Slavic compound personal names formed with the element dan ‘given’, for example Czech Danomír and Bohdan, Polish Bogdan .
Albanian: nickname or metonymic occupational name from danë (definite form dana) ‘pincers’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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