Brief Life History of Catherine L
When Catherine L Holt was born on 13 July 1826, in Blount, Alabama, United States, her father, William Charles Jasper Holt, was 40 and her mother, Elizabeth Hogeland, was 21. She married Richard Yielding Freeman on 24 December 1845, in Blount, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Carroll, Louisiana, United States in 1850. She died on 14 February 1886, in Jackson, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Jonesboro, Jackson, Louisiana, United States.
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- Katharine Freeman, "United States Census, 1850"
- Catherine L. Holt Freeman, "Find A Grave Index"
- Katherine Holt in entry for Walker Brown Freeman, "Louisiana Deaths Index, 1850-1875, 1894-1956"
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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.
1830 · The Oregon Trail
Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English, North German, Dutch, Danish, and Norwegian: topographic name for someone who lived in or by a small wood, from Middle English, Middle Low German, Danish, and Norwegian holt, or a habitational name from one of the many places called with this word. In England, the surname is widely distributed, but more common in Lancashire and Yorkshire than elsewhere.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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