Brief Life History of Rebecca
When Rebecca Myers was born on 29 July 1824, in Worthington Township, Richland, Ohio, United States, her father, Jacob Myers, was 41 and her mother, Sarah Elizabeth Coleman, was 36. She married Franklin Allen on 10 October 1841, in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Bertram Township, Linn, Iowa, United States for about 20 years. She died on 15 February 1885, in Bertram, Linn, Iowa, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Bertram, Linn, Iowa, United States.
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- Rebecia Allen in household of Frank Allen, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Rebeca Myers - birth: 1826; Ohio, United States
- Rebecca Myers, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1836
Historical Boundaries 1836: Caldwell County created from Non-County Area 7.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Irish (Tipperary, Limerick and Waterford): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Meidhir ‘descendant of Meidhir’, with post-medieval excrescent -s. Meidhir is a personal name based on meidhir ‘mirth’.
English (northern): variant of Myer , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English (northern): habitational name from one or more of the minor placenames derived from Middle English mire ‘marsh’ (Old Norse mýrr) in the plural form, such as Melmerby Mire in Melmerby, or Mires in Docker (both Cumbria).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Obit T-ALLEN, George Wiatt (1843-1911)
GEO. W. ALLEN, LINN CO. PIONEER PASSES AWAY --- WELL KNOWN AND HONORED CITIZEN DIED THIS MORNING. --- Mr. Allen Was for Many Years Engaged in Business at Bertram - Removed to Cedar Rapids a Few Years …
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