Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Nightingale was born on 7 September 1785, in Providence, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Colonel Joseph Nightingale, was 35 and his mother, Elizabeth Waitstill Corliss, was 35. He married Mary Greene in May 0007, in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He died on 18 May 1865, in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
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- Joseph Nightingale, "Rhode Island Town Marriages Index, 1639-1916"
- Joseph Nightingale, "Índice Find A Grave"
- Joseph Nightingale, "New York, Church Records, 1660-1954"
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World Events (8)
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1790 · 13th State
On May 29, 1790, Rhode Island becomes the last of the original 13 colonies to become a state.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for someone with a good voice, from Middle English nightegale ‘nightingale’ (Old English nihtegale, from niht ‘night’ + galan ‘sing’). The bird is known as a sweet singer.
Probably an Americanized form (translation into English) of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Nachtigall , or cognates in other languages.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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