Brief Life History of Hiram
When Hiram Barrett was born in 1798, in New York, United States, his father, David Barret, was 21 and his mother, Deborah Fisher, was 24. He married Mary Fox about 1820, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Saline, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States in 1850 and Montcalm, Michigan, United States in 1860. He died after 1860.
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- Hiram Barret, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Hiram Barrett - Published information: birth-name: Hiram E Barrett
- Hiram E Barrett, "Michigan, Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, Committee on Civil War Grave Registration, Burial Records"
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World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1805
The Territory of Michigan was organized as an incorporated territory of the United States on June 30, 1805, with Detroit as the territorial capital.
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.
Name Meaning
English and Irish (of Norman origin): probably a nickname for a quarrelsome person, from Old French barat, Middle English bar(r)at, bar(r)et(te) ‘trouble, distress’, later ‘deception, fraud; contention, strife’. Through Norman settlement it also became common in Ireland, where it was Gaelicized as Baróid (Munster) and Baréid (Connacht).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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