Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Haven was born in 1847, in Illinois, United States, her father, Jesse Haven, was 33 and her mother, Martha Spring Hall, was 28. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850.
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Family Time Line
Sources (4)
- Martha Haven in household of Jesse Haven, "United States Census, 1850"
- Research Log for Martha Haven by BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy
- Martha Haven in household of Jesse Haven, "United States Census, 1850"
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World Events (8)
1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized
Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived ‘(by the) harbor’, from Middle English haven (Old English hæfen ‘haven’).
Welsh (Monmouthshire): variant of Evan .
Dutch: variant of Haveman , or possibly a topographic name from haven ‘port, harbour’. See also De Haven .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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