Brief Life History of Eyre Evans
Eyre Evans Crowe was born on 8 October 1774, in Staten Island, New York City, New York, United States as the son of Richard Robert Crowe and Anna Willson. He married Penelope Murry about 1811, in Lubec, Washington, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Oasis, Waushara, Wisconsin, United States in 1860. He died on 17 February 1872, in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 97, and was buried in Lamartine, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States.
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- Eyre Crow in household of Callis Courier, "United States Census, 1860"
- Eyre Crowe, "Nova Scotia, Marriages, 1711-1909"
- Eyre Evan Crowe, "Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New York is the 11th state.
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 (Munster) and Manx: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Conchrada ‘son of Cú-chrada’, a personal name meaning ‘hound of destruction’. (see McEnroe ).
English: from Middle English crou, crowe ‘crow’ (Old English crāwe), applied as a nickname for someone with dark hair or a dark complexion or for someone thought to resemble the bird in some other way.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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