Brief Life History of Minerva
When Minerva Abbott was born on 3 July 1811, in Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, her father, Rufus Abbott, was 27 and her mother, Anna Owen, was 24. She had at least 6 sons and 5 daughters with Harvey Gilman Whitlock. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850 and San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States in 1860. She died on 3 April 1874, in Watsonville, Santa Cruz, California, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Pioneer Memorial Cemetery, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States.
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- Minerva Whitlock in household of Harry G Whitlock, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Minerva ABBOTT - Published information: birth-name: Minerva ABBOTT
- Minervey Abbott, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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World Events (8)
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1818
Oldest listed burial : Baby Anderson Birth unknown Death 19 May 1818 Burial Pioneer Memorial Cemetery San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California, USA Plot block 2-8-7- Memorial ID 30014373
1829 · Farmington Canal Opened
Farmington Canal spans 2,476 acres, starting from New Haven, Connecticut, and on to Northampton, Massachusetts. The groundbreaking for the canal was in 1825 and opened in 1829.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English abbod, abbot(t), abbat ‘abbot’ (Old English abbod) or Old French abet ‘priest’. Both the Old English and the Old French term are derived from Late Latin abbas (genitive abbatis) ‘priest’, from Greek abbas, from Aramaic aba ‘father’. The nickname was presumably a joking reference to a person's behaviour. In the US, the English name is also sometimes a translation of a cognate or equivalent European name, e.g. Italian Abate , Spanish Abad , or German Abt .
History: George Abbot from Yorkshire, England, settled in Andover, MA, in 1640; he had numerous prominent descendants. George Abbott (probably not the same man) died in Rowley, MA, in 1647. Another early migrant was James Abbott, who came from Somerset, England, to Long Island, NY, in the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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