Rebecca Hinthorn

18 December 1828–22 November 1905 (Age 76)
Charlestown, Charlestown Township, Clark, Indiana, United States

The Life Summary of Rebecca

When Rebecca Hinthorn was born on 18 December 1828, in Charlestown, Charlestown Township, Clark, Indiana, United States, her father, Stephen Downard Hinthorn, was 36 and her mother, Nancy Neighbarger, was 24. She married John Martin Luther Trimmer on 1 July 1846, in McLean, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Hudson, McLean, Illinois, United States in 1880 and Normal, McLean, Illinois, United States in 1900. She died on 22 November 1905, in Money Creek Township, McLean, Illinois, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Towanda, McLean, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Martin Luther Trimmer
1823–1882
Rebecca Hinthorn
1828–1905
Marriage: 1 July 1846
Scott Trimmer
1847–1916
James A. Trimmer
1849–1908
George Trimmer
1851–1863
Catharine Trimmer
1852–
Samuel B. Trimmer
1853–1918
Stephen A. Trimmer
1855–1892
Amanda E. Trimmer
1860–1863
Daniel Frank Trimmer
1865–1930
Etta Jaen Trimmer
1867–1946

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1 July 1846McLean, Illinois, United States
    • Children

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1830 · The Second Great Awakening
    Age 2
    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.
    1836
    Age 8
    Historical Boundaries: 1836: McLean, Illinois, United States
    1851 · Constitution of 1851
    Age 23
    Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.

    Name Meaning

    (1997: 765;2007: 1600; 2010: 2054)English (Lancashire): habitational name from Henthorn in Whalley (Lancashire), from Old English henn ‘hen’ + Thyrne ‘thorn bush’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Hanthorn
    Henthorne
    Hendren

    Sources (14)

    • Rebecca in entry for Etta Jaen Thomas, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
    • Rebecca Trimner in household of John Trimner, "United States Census, 1860"
    • Rebecca Henthorn in entry for Daniel F Trimmer and Fannie Mae Clough, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

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