Brief Life History of Hannah
When Hannah Conwell was born on 13 January 1814, in Sussex, Delaware, United States, her father, George Conwell, was 40 and her mother, Hannah Gum, was 35. She married Samuel Walker on 10 February 1835, in Shelbyville, Addison Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Cloverdale Judicial Township, Sonoma, California, United States in 1860 and California, United States in 1870. She died on 28 July 1886, in Half Moon Bay, San Mateo, California, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Half Moon Bay, San Mateo, California, United States.
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- H Walker in household of S Walker, "United States Census, 1860"
- Hannah Canwell, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Hannah Conwell Walker, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
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.
1832 · First Peach Orchard Planted
Isaac Reeves is credited with being Delaware's first farmer to plant over 30 acres of peaches near the city of New Castle. In over ten years, he would expand his crop to over a hundred acres. His success prompted others to plant orchards in Kent and Sussex counties. This gave the state the nickname the ""Peach State"" for awhile.
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.
Name Meaning
Irish (Donegal): shortened and altered form of McConville .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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