Brief Life History of Polly
Polly Smith was born on 15 January 1820, in Liberty, Liberty, Sullivan, New York, United States as the daughter of Dayton Smith and Frances "Fanny" Worden. She married Benjamin F. Willey on 3 June 1837, in Liberty, Sullivan, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States in 1860. She died on 5 February 1886, in Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Evergreen Hill Cemetery, Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States.
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- Polly Willey in household of Benj Willey, "United States Census, 1860"
- Polly Willey, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"
- Polly in entry for Calista A. Mc Clintock, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"
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1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name denoting a worker in metal, especially iron, such as a blacksmith or farrier, from Middle English smith ‘smith’ (Old English smith, probably a derivative of smītan ‘to strike, hammer’). Early examples are also found in the Latin form Faber . Metal-working was one of the earliest occupations for which specialist skills were required, and its importance ensured that this term and its equivalents in other languages were the most widespread of all occupational surnames in Europe. Medieval smiths were important not only in making horseshoes, plowshares, and other domestic articles, but above all for their skill in forging swords, other weapons, and armor. This is also the most frequent of all surnames in the US. It is very common among African Americans and Native Americans (see also 5 below). This surname (in any of the two possible English senses; see also below) is also found in Haiti. See also Smither .
English: from Middle English smithe ‘smithy, forge’ (Old English smiththe). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived in or by a blacksmith's shop, occupational, for someone who worked in one, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Smitha in King's Nympton (Devon). Compare Smithey .
Irish and Scottish: sometimes adopted for Gaelic Mac Gobhann, Irish Mac Gabhann ‘son of the smith’. See McGowan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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