Daniel Rowan

Brief Life History of Daniel

When Daniel Rowan was born on 28 October 1782, in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Jacob Round, was 44 and his mother, Anna Magdalena Staehler, was 40. He married Nancy Peters about 1818, in Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died in November 1831, in Fountain, Indiana, United States, at the age of 49.

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Family Time Line

Daniel Rowan
1782–1831
Nancy Peters
1797–
Marriage: about 1818
Henry P. Rowan Sr.
1820–1870

Sources (4)

  • Daniel Pond, "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
  • Butler. Deeds 1811–1815 Deed of land naming heirs: Andrew, Daniel, Jacob and Elizabeth Shrader, Catherine Dickerson, Phillip Round, Mary Watson, Marium Rownd
  • Porter Families

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1783 · A Free America

The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.

1787 · Second State to Ratify U.S. Constitution

On December 12, 1787, Pennsylvania ratified the U.S. Constitution.

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.

Name Meaning

Irish: from Ó Ruadháin or Ó Ruaidhín, both meaning ‘descendant of Ruadhán’, a personal name from a diminutive of ruadh ‘red’. See also Rooney .

Irish: from Ó Ruadhacháin, ‘son of Ruadhachán’, a personal name from a diminutive of ruadh ‘red’ (also used as a placename and Anglicized as Roughan). Compare also Rogan (Ó Ruadhagáin), of which may be a variant, both it and Ó Ruadhacháin being found in Ulster and Connacht.

Irish: from Ó Robhacháin, the name of a scattered ecclesiastical family, found in Clare in the 16th and 17th centuries. The personal name was earlier Reabhachán ‘skillful, artful’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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