When Susannah Christmas was born in 1838, in Daviess, Indiana, United States, her father, Harrison Greenberry Christmas, was 25 and her mother, Nancy Jane Jenkins, was 22. She married John Wesley Brittingham on 8 October 1874, in Carroll, Missouri, United States. She lived in Morris Township, Carroll, Missouri, United States in 1870 and Rea Township, Carroll, Missouri, United States in 1880.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries 1846: Pike, Indiana, United States
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
English (southeastern): nickname from Middle English Criste(s)masse, -messe ‘Christmas Day’, also ‘the Christmas season’, perhaps for someone who was born at Christmas or one who played the part of the King of Christmas in Yuletide games. The name was also established in County Waterford, Ireland, in 1622.
Americanized form (translation into English) of French Noël (see Noel ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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