Once Upon a House

August 17, 1835

A woman was born in New York.

Nation and worldGrade A · 1 independent source

The evidence

  • “New York. August 17. 1835. When she was eleven years of age, her parents moved from New York, their native state, to Clinton township, Eock county, Wisconsin, where the father entered from the United States a quarter section of land, which he improved and where he made a home for himself and family and passed the remainder of his days.”

    1908-brown-rock-county/34d-biographical-4.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 498 / book p. 984

    Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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