Mary Boswell

Female26 February 1794–6 November 1805

Brief Life History of Mary

Mary Boswell was born on 26 February 1794, in Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia, United States as the daughter of Pvt John Iverson Boswell Sr.. She died on 6 November 1805, at the age of 11.

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Pvt John Iverson Boswell Sr.
1761–1823
Mary Boswell
1794–1805
Mary Boswell
1799–

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    World Events (3)

    1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

    Age 6

    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.

    1803

    Age 9

    France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

    1803 · The U.S doubles in size

    Age 9

    The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.

    Name Meaning

    English and Scottish (of Norman origin): habitational name from Beuzeville-la-Giffard in Seine-Maritime, France, named with the ancient Germanic personal name Boso + ville ‘settlement’. The final element has been altered as a result of association with the common placename ending -well ‘spring, stream’. Some instances of Bovill may have the same origin.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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