When Peter Weida was born on 4 April 1828, in Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Benjamin Weida, was 28 and his mother, Christina Oswald, was 28. He married Margaret Angstadt in 1845, in Rockland Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Towamensing Township, Carbon, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Lower Towamensing Township, Carbon, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. He died on 15 June 1892, in Palmerton Borough, Carbon, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Palmerton Borough, Carbon, Pennsylvania, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries 1843: Carbon, Pennsylvana, United States
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German: habitational name from any of the places so named, for example in Saxony or Thuringia (see Weide ).
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