Brief Life History of Rebecca
When Rebecca Hinthorn was born on 18 December 1828, in Charlestown, Charlestown Township, Clark, Indiana, United States, her father, Stephen Downard Henthorn, 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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- Rebecca Trimner in household of John Trimner, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Rebecca Hinthorn - Published information: birth-name: Rebecca Hinthorn
- Rebecca Hinthorn Trimmer, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1836
Historical Boundaries: 1836: McLean, Illinois, United States
1851 · Constitution of 1851
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
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.
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