Brief Life History of Ellen
Ellen Spence was born in 1826, in Ireland. She married Robert Alexander Morrow in 1847, in Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in North Branch, Chisago, Minnesota, United States in 2000. She died on 6 November 1898, in River Falls, Pierce, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in River Falls, Pierce, Wisconsin, United States.
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- Ellen M Spence, "Wisconsin Death Index, 1820-1907"
- Ellan McClure in entry for Robert Morrow, "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001"
- Ellen Morrow in entry for Thomas B Morrow, "Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930"
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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.
1839
The Night of the BIG WIND. In Killarney and its neighborhood there was a terrible hurricane. The town sustained much damage and many houses were shattered.
1845
The Irish Potato Famine. Many Irish emigrate to America. Irish population drops from 8 million to 6 million due to death from starvation or emigration.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: nickname for a servant employed in the pantry of a great house or monastery, from Middle English spense, spence ‘pantry, larder, storeroom’ (Old French despense, from a Late Latin derivative of dispendere, past participle dispensus ‘to weigh out or dispense’). Compare Spencer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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