Lydia Lundy

Brief Life History of Lydia

When Lydia Lundy was born on 14 April 1814, in Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Stacy Lundy, was 22 and her mother, Rebecca Kester Winner, was 25. She married Benjamin Corson Harvey on 17 August 1831, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 12 daughters. She lived in Anthony Township, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. She died on 5 September 1855, in Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Anthony Township, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Corson Harvey
1804–1878
Lydia Lundy
1814–1855
Marriage: 17 August 1831
Elisa Harvey
1828–
Mary Jane Harvey
1832–1914
Sarah Matilda Harvey
1833–1873
Nicholas Funston Harvey
1835–1864
Lydia Ann Harvey
1836–1902
Charles Corson Harvey
1838–1861
Rebecca Belinda Harvey
1840–1858
Allen Adkinson Harvey
1841–1865
Esther Emma Harvey
1843–1870
Rachel Lettie Harvey
1844–1925
Phoebe Elvira Harvey
1846–1876
Hiram Lundy Harvey
1846–
Narcissa Vilinda Harvey
1849–1876
Alice Anne Harvey
1852–1883
Tacy Ellen Harvey
1853–1864
Martha Loranna Harvey
1855–1855

Sources (4)

  • Lydia Harvy in household of Courson Harvy, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Lydia Lundy, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
  • Lydia Harvey, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (5)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

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.

Name Meaning

Scottish and northern Irish: habitational name from any of several places called Lundie, for example one near Doune in Perthshire.

Irish: topographic name from Anglo-Norman French de la Launde ‘of the glade’. Compare Lown 1.

Americanized form of Norwegian Lunde .

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

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