Brief Life History of Jane
When Jane Ridgway was born in September 1815, in Sandycreek Township, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Samuel Ridgeway, was 23 and her mother, Margaret Graham, was 21. She lived in Rockland, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Cranberry Township, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. She died on 10 September 1901, in Franklin, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Franklin, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Jane Porter in household of Wm Porter, "United States Census, 1850"
- Jane Porter, "Find A Grave Index"
- Ridgway in entry for William Raymond Porter, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
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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: variant of Ridgeway .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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