Brief Life History of Harriett
When Harriett Lay was born in 1838, in New York, United States, her father, William Willard Lay, was 41 and her mother, Mrs. Mary Lay, was 39. She had at least 2 sons and 2 daughters with Benjamin Hillman. She died on 27 October 1897, in Salamanca, Allegany Indian Reservation, Cattaraugus, New York, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Wildwood Cemetery, Salamanca, Cattaraugus, New York, United States.
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- Harriette Hilman in household of Benj Hilman, "United States Census, 1870"
- Harriett C Hillman, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
- Harriett C Hillman in household of B B Hillman, "New York State Census, 1865"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850
Oldest grave seen in the memorials list
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Lee .
Scottish: shortened form of McClay .
German: habitational name from any of the places so named, in the Rhineland near Koblenz and in Bavaria, from lay(h), a word meaning ‘stone, rock, slate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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