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Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA

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Hartford is the capital of Connecticut and the historic seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. As of the 2010 Census, Hartford's population was 124,775, making it Connecticut's fourth-largest city after the coastal cities of Bridgeport, New Haven, and Stamford.

Nicknamed the "Insurance Capital of the World", Hartford houses many insurance company headquarters, and insurance remains the region's major industry. Founded in 1637, Hartford is among the oldest cities in the United States. Hartford is home to the nation's oldest public art museum, the Wadsworth Atheneum; the oldest publicly funded park, Bushnell Park; the oldest continuously published newspaper, The Hartford Courant; the second-oldest secondary school, Hartford Public; Trinity College, an elite, private liberal arts college, and the Mark Twain House where the author wrote his most famous works and raised his family, among other historically significant attractions. In 1868, resident Mark Twain wrote, "Of all the beautiful towns it has been my fortune to see this is the chief."

Following the American Civil War, Hartford was the richest city in the United States for several decades. Today, Hartford is one of the poorest cities in the nation with 3 out of every 10 families living below the poverty line. In sharp contrast, the Hartford metropolitan area is ranked 32nd of 318 metropolitan areas in total economic production[6] and 7th out of 280 metropolitan statistical areas in per capita income. Highlighting the socio-economic disparity between Hartford and its suburbs, 83% of Hartford's jobs are filled by commuters from neighboring towns who earn over $80,000, while 75% of Hartford residents who commute to work in other towns earn just $40,000.

History:

Various tribes, all part of the loose Algonquin confederation, lived in or around present-day Hartford. The area was referred to as Suckiaug', meaning "Black Fertile River-Enhanced Earth, good for planting." These included the Podunks, mostly east of the Connecticut River; the Poquonocks, north and west of Hartford; the Massacoes, in the Simsbury area; the Tunxis tribe, in West Hartford and Farmington; the Wangunks, to the south; and the Saukiog in Hartford itself.

The first Europeans known to have explored the area were the Dutch, under Adriaen Block, who sailed up the Connecticut in 1614. Dutch fur traders from New Amsterdam returned in 1623 with a mission to establish a trading post and fortify the area for the Dutch West India Company. The original site was located on the south bank of the Park River in the present-day Sheldon/Charter Oak neighborhood. This fort was called Fort Hoop, or the "House of Hope." In 1633, Jacob Van Curler formally bought the land around Fort Hoop from the Pequot chief for a small sum. It was home to perhaps a couple families and a few dozen soldiers. The area today is known as Dutch Point, and the name of the Dutch fort, "House of Hope," is reflected in the name of Huyshope Avenue. The fort was abandoned by 1654, but its neighborhood in Hartford is still known as Dutch Point. The Dutch outpost, and the tiny contingent of Dutch soldiers that were stationed there, did little to check the English migration. The Dutch soon realized they were vastly outnumbered. The House of Hope remained an outpost, but it was steadily swallowed up by waves of English settlers. In 1650, when Peter Stuyvesant met with English representatives to negotiate a "permanent" boundary between the Dutch and English colonies, the line they agreed on was more than 50 miles (80 km) west of the original settlement.

The English began to arrive 1637, settling upstream from Fort Hoop near the present-day Downtown and Sheldon/Charter Oak neighborhoods. Pastor Thomas Hooker and Governor John Haynes led 100 settlers with 130 head of cattle in a trek from Newtown (now Cambridge, Massachusetts) in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and started their settlement just north of the Dutch fort. The settlement was originally called Newtown, but was changed to Hartford in 1637 to honor the English town of Hertford the explorer also created the town of Windsor (in 1633).

The fledgling colony along the Connecticut River had issues with the authority by which it was to be governed because it was outside of the jurisdiction of the Massachusetts Bay Colony's charter. Therefore, Hooker delivered a sermon that inspired the writing of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, a document (ratified January 14, 1639) investing the people with the authority to govern, rather than ceding such authority to a higher power. Historians suggest that Hooker's conception of self-rule embodied in the Fundamental Orders went on to inspire the Connecticut Constitution, and ultimately the U.S. Constitution. Today, one of Connecticut's nicknames is the "Constitution State."

The original settlement area contained the site of The Charter Oak. The Charter Oak was an unusually old white oak tree in which, according to legend, colonists hid the Connecticut's Royal Charter of 1662 to protect it from confiscation by an English governor-general. Thus the grand, stately tree came to symbolize the power of nature as a defender of freedom throughout Connecticut. In fact, the state adopted the image as the emblem of the Connecticut state quarter. The Charter Oak Monument is located at the corner of Charter Oak Place, a historic street, and Charter Oak Avenue.

Throughout the 19th century, Hartford's residential population, economic productivity, cultural influence, and concentration of political power continued to grow. The advance of the Industrial Revolution in Hartford in the mid-1800s made this city by late century one of the wealthiest per capita in United States.

Geburt

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	Nachname, Taufnamen	Geburt		Personen-Kennung
1	Buck, Carolyn Osborn	22 Jul 1926	Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA	I157812
2	Hooper, Alice Joice	24 Feb 1930	Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA	I110329
3	Spieske, Myrna Louis	29 Okt 1933	Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA	I265573
4	Spieske, Robert	2 Jul 1885	Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA	I265576
5	Tobias, Solomon	11 Jul 1876	Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA	I265584
6	Wakeman, Elizabeth	16 Sep 1638	Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA	I249194

Tod

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	Nachname, Taufnamen	Tod		Personen-Kennung
1	Hooper, Alice Joice	6 Jun 2004	Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA	I110329
2	Laub, Louisa	16 Mrz 1933	Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA	I265597
3	Lyman, Phyllis	1648	Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA	I237756
4	Oppenheimer, Karoline	20 Mrz 1980	Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA	I265585
5	Spieske, Heinrich	1932	Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA	I265596
6	Tobias, Clarabel	24 Jul 1960	Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA	I265577
7	Tobias, Solomon	21 Dez 1946	Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA	I265584
8	Tobias, Theodore	13 Aug 1908	Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA	I265588
9	Wakeman, John	1660	Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA	I249195

Beerdigung

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	Nachname, Taufnamen	Beerdigung		Personen-Kennung
1	Hooper, Alice Joice		Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA	I110329
2	Lyman, Phyllis		Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA	I237756
3	Oppenheimer, Karoline		Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA	I265585