Brief Life History of Charlotta
When Charlotta West was born on 26 June 1833, in Painswick, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Edward West, was 41 and her mother, Harriett Browning, was 41. She married Samuel Ackerley on 17 May 1855, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1855 and lived in Fayette Township, Decatur, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Shenandoah, Page, Iowa, United States in 1910. She died on 16 January 1918, in Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa, United States.
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- Charlotte Ackerly in household of Saml Ackerly, "United States Census, 1860"
- Charlotte West, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Charlotte Ackerley, "Find A Grave Index"
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1834
Historical Boundaries: 1834: Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1834: Michigan Territory, United States 1834: Des Moines, Michigan Territory, United States 1836: Des Moines, Wisconsin Territory, United States 1836: Wisconsin Territory, United States 1838: Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Decatur, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Decatur, Iowa, United States
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English and German: from Middle English, Middle High German west ‘west’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived to the west of a settlement, or a habitational name for someone who had migrated from further west.
Americanized form of Finnish Vesterinen: from the personal name Vesteri (a short form of Sylvester ) + the surname suffix -nen.
History: This name was brought to North America independently by many bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Thomas West, 12th Baron De La Warre, was captain general of Virginia in 1610–11. The state of DE is named for him. One of the earliest permanent settlers was Francis West (1606–92), who came to Duxbury, MA, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, in or before 1638.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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