Brief Life History of Lewis H.
When Lewis H. Rand was born about 1814, in Maine, United States, his father, Nathaniel Rand, was 41 and his mother, Dorcas or Sarah Hamblen, was 37. He married Mary Jane Whitney on 29 November 1840, in Westbrook, Cumberland, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died about 1888, in Standish, Cumberland, Maine, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Standish, Cumberland, Maine, United States.
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- Lewis Rand, "United States Census, 1870"
- Lewis H. Rand, "Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907"
- Lewis H. Rand, "Find A Grave Index"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820
Maine is the 23rd state.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Rand, a pet form of Randolf. Compare Randolph , Randall , Randy , and see also Rance .
English: habitational name from Rand (Lincolnshire), Rand Grange (North Yorkshire), or Raunds (Northamptonshire), all of which derive from Old English rand ‘edge, border, rim’.
German: from a short form of any of various ancient Germanic compound personal names formed with rand ‘rim (of a shield)’. Compare 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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