Brief Life History of Almira
When Almira Woodward was born on 30 July 1789, in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, her father, Moses Hawkins Woodward, was 28 and her mother, Lucena Page, was 25. She married Elias Hotchkiss on 8 March 1810, in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 3 January 1848, in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
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- Almira Woodward, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Almira Woodward, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"
- Almira Hotchkiss, "Find A Grave Index"
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1791
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
1802 · Brass is Discovered
"In 1802, brass was identified in Waterbury, Connecticut. This gave the city the nickname ""The Brass City."" Brass dominated the city and helped to create the city. The motto of the city is Quid Aere Perennius, which means What is more lasting than brass? in Latin."
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a forester employed to look after the trees and game in a forest, Middle English woodward (from Old English wudu ‘wood’ + weard ‘guardian, protector’).
History: Henry Woodward emigrated from England in 1635 and settled first in Dorchester, MA, and subsequently in Northampton, MA. He had many prominent descendants. Another Henry Woodward, born c. 1646 in the British West Indies, was the first English settler in SC (1664).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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