Brief Life History of Abel
When Abel Garr was born on 31 December 1807, in Culpeper, Virginia, United States, his father, Abraham Gaar, was 38 and his mother, Dinah Weaver, was 39. He married Harriet Henrietta Storick on 4 December 1847, in Berrien, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Oronoko Township, Berrien, Michigan, United States for about 20 years. He died on 20 September 1889, in Michigan, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Berrien, Michigan, United States.
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- Abel Gaar, "United States Census, 1860"
- Abel Garr, "Michigan, Deaths, 1867-1897"
- Abram Garr in entry for Chas. P. Bowker and Martha A. Garr, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812 · Monumental Church Built
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
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
Irish and Scottish: shortened form of McGarr , from Gaelic Mac an Gheairr.
German: metonymic occupational name for a cartwright, from Middle High German garre, karre ‘cart’.
German: possibly also an altered form of Gorr .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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