When Dorcas McLaughlin was born on 14 August 1809, in Montville, Waldo, Maine, United States, her father, Thomas Mclaughlin, was 26 and her mother, Lettice Sawyer, was 22. She married Bradford Foster on 22 August 1830, in Montville, Waldo, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Osceola Township, Stark, Illinois, United States in 1860 and Stark, Stark, Illinois, United States in 1870. She died on 28 April 1883, in Little River, Rice, Kansas, United States, at the age of 73.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Waldo, Maine, United States
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.
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Donal, Siobhan, Aileen, Caitlin, Keane, Liam, Padric, Aine, Ciaran, Conan, Conley.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Lochlainn ‘son of the Norseman’, from the personal name Lochlann ‘stranger, Norseman’, from a term denoting Scandinavia (possibly ‘land of lakes/fjords’). This was a ruling family in Ulster. See also Laughlin and compare the Scottish form McLachlan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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