Brief Life History of Jemima Laird
When Jemima Laird Adam was born on 10 October 1831, in Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, William Thom Adam, was 38 and her mother, Isobel Glen Laird, was 36. She married George Easton on 21 May 1852, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Gilroy Judicial Township, Santa Clara, California, United States in 1860 and Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California, United States in 1870. She died on 12 June 1879, in Gilroy, Santa Clara, California, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Gilroy, Santa Clara, California, United States.
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- Jemima Adam in household of William Adam, "Scotland Census, 1841"
- Jemima Laird Adam Easton, "Find A Grave Index"
- Adans in entry for Robert Easton, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
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World Events (8)
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1832 · The Scottish Reform Act
The Scottish Reform Act was introduced by Parliament that introduced changes to the election laws in Scotland. The Act didn’t change the method of how the counties elected members but adopted a different solution for each pair of counties. Ultimately, it brought about boundary changes so that some burghs would have more say for the country than others.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Ukrainian (standard transliteration Adamovych) and Belorussian: patronymic from the personal name Adam .
Americanized form of Serbian and Croatian Adamović, Slovak Adamovič, cognates of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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