Brief Life History of Amos R.
When Amos R. Orton was born on 1 December 1792, in Tyringham, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Roger Orton, was 52 and his mother, Esther Avery, was 39. He married Elizabeth Milliman on 22 August 1837, in Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 13 October 1847, in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
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- Birth of Amos R. Orton, "Early Mormon Missionaries"
- Amos R Orton, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Amos R Orton, "Find a Grave Index"
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1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
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.
1807 · Louisiana is Divided into 19 Parishes
Louisiana was divided into 19 parishes (rather than counties or boroughs) on March 31, 1807. Currently, there are 64 parishes in Louisiana.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Orton in Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, and Westmorland. All those in England share a second element from Old English tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’, but the first element in each case is more difficult to determine. Examples in Cambridgeshire and Warwickshire are on the banks of rivers, so these are probably derived from Old English ōfer ‘riverbank’; in other cases it is impossible to distinguish between ofer ‘ridge’ and ufera ‘upper’. Orton in Westmorland is probably formed with the Old Norse byname Orri ‘black-cock’ (the male black grouse). Orton near Fochabers, Scotland, is of uncertain etymology.
Americanized form of Norwegian Årtun: habitational name from the farm name Årtun, found in six places, e.g. in the province of Rogaland, a compound of the genitive case singular of Old Norse á ‘small river’ and tún ‘farm yard (surrounded by buildings)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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