Brief Life History of Marilla Lucinda
When Marilla Lucinda Currier was born in March 1826, in Holland, Erie, New York, United States, her father, Abner Currier, was 42 and her mother, Susannah Porter, was 37. She married Sanford M. Hunt on 31 December 1846. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Massachusetts, United States in 1870 and Lockport, Niagara, New York, United States in 1880. She died in 1907, in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum, Altadena, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Marilla L Pitts in household of George B Harris, "United States Census, 1900"
- Marilla L. in entry for George Bacon Harris and Mary R. Hunt, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
- Marilla Hunt in household of Abner Currier, "United States Census, 1850"
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1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1850
Find a Grave Memorials shows that the earliest burial in this cemetery was in 1850: Charles Finley Whitaker - BIRTH 1849 - DEATH 1850 (aged 0–1) - MEMORIAL ID 7923247
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a person who dressed leather after it was tanned, from Middle English curr(e)iour (Old French conreeur ‘currier’).
Americanized form of French Caillé (see Caille 3) and Carrière (see Carriere ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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