Brief Life History of Harriet E
When Harriet E Ritchie was born in 1822, in Frankfort, Hancock, Maine, United States, her father, Andrew Ritchie, was 39 and her mother, Nancy White, was 36. She married William C Clark on 31 December 1854, in Orono, Penobscot, Maine, United States. She lived in Frankfort, Waldo, Maine, United States in 1850 and Monroe, Waldo, Maine, United States in 1860. She died on 5 September 1871, in Maine, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Pilgrims Home Cemetery, Monroe, Waldo, Maine, United States.
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- Harriot Ritchie in household of Andrew Ritchie, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Harriet Ritchie - Published information: birth-name: Harriet Ritchie
- Harriett Ritchie, "Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1827
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Waldo, Maine, 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.
Name Meaning
Scottish: from a Scottish and northern English pet form of the personal name Rich , a short form of Richard . This surname is also common in Ulster.
Altered form of German Richer 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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