Oliver Skinner Janes

1826–30 November 1899 (Age 73)
Canada

The Life Summary of Oliver Skinner

When Oliver Skinner Janes was born in 1826, in Canada, his father, Ira Janes, was 32 and his mother, Caroline Bresee, was 34. He married Harriet Loraine Corse on 13 April 1874, in Berkshire, Franklin, Vermont, United States. He lived in Vermont, United States in 1870 and Berkshire, Franklin, Vermont, United States in 1880. He died on 30 November 1899, in Sutton, Brome, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 73.

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Family Time Line

Oliver Skinner Janes
1826–1899
Phoebe D Austin
1832–1873
Clarence A Janes
1852–1942
Ferdine Janes
1854–
Verdine Albert Janes
1855–1941
Martha Viola Janes
1861–1946

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World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Age 4
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.
1834 · Vermont Anti-Slavery Society is Formed
Age 8
The Anti-Slavery Society of Vermont was established in 1834. 100 people from different towns were at the first meeting, with the intent to abolish slavery. 
1846
Age 20
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English (southern): variant of Jane , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s (see Jayne ).Slovenian and Croatian (of Slovenian origin) (Janeš): variant of Slovenian Janež, from an old equivalent of the Latin personal name Johannes (see John ), or a topographic name or metonymic occupational name from janež ‘anise’. Compare Yanes .Czech (Janeš, Jáneš): from a pet form of the personal name Jan .

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

Possible Related Names

Janis
Janice
Jane

Sources (26)

  • Oliver S Jones, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Oliver S in entry for Clarence A Janes and Abbie S Dunn, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Oliver S. Janes - Cemetery record or headstone: death: 30 November 1899; Sutton, Brome, Quebec, Canada

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