Catherine Newland

Femaleabout 1828–

Brief Life History of Catherine

When Catherine Newland was born about 1828, in Warren, Ohio, United States, her father, Abraham Newland, was 29 and her mother, Elizabeth " Betsy" Custer, was 23.

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Abraham Newland
1800–1881
Elizabeth " Betsy" Custer
1806–1891
Maria C. Newland
1826–1905
Catherine Newland
1828–
Daniel C Newland
1834–
Lydia "Lettie" Ann Newland
1835–1918
Emeline Elizabeth Newland
1839–1918

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    World Events (3)

    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.

    1830 · The Oregon Trail

    Age 2

    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.

    1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated

    Age 8

    On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.

    Name Meaning

    English: topographic name from Middle English newe ‘new’ + land ‘land’ (Old English nīwe, land), for someone who lived by a patch of land recently brought into cultivation or recently added to the village, or a habitational name from any of a number of settlements called Newland for this reason.

    Americanized form (translation into English) of Scandinavian Nyland or of German Neuland and North German Nieland, from any of several habitational names from any of the places called Neuland or Nieland(e) in Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein.

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

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