Brief Life History of Alonzo
When Alonzo Hadley was born on 1 July 1821, in Weare, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, his father, William Hadley, was 22 and his mother, Rebecca Richardson, was 24. He married Eliza Buzzell Barrett about 1844. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He died on 6 April 1905, in his hometown, at the age of 83, and was buried in Weare, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States.
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- Alonzo Hadley, "United States Census, 1900"
- Alonzo Hadley, "New Hampshire, Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Alonzo Hadley, "New Hampshire, Death Records, 1654-1947"
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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.
1833 · First Public Library Founded in Petersborough
In 1833, the oldest tax-supported public library in the world was established by Reverend Abiel Abbot.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (mainly West Midlands): habitational name from either of three places called Hadley, in Worcestershire and Shropshire, or from either of two places called Hadleigh, in Essex and Suffolk, or Monken Hadley in Middlesex. The first is named from the Old English personal name Hadda + lēah ‘wood, (woodland) clearing’; the others are from Old English hǣth ‘heathland, heather’ + lēah.
In some cases also Native American (Navajo): variant of Hatathlie ‘singer (i.e. medicine man)’. Compare Singer 5.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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