Brief Life History of Alonso
When Alonso Harrington was born in 1828, in New Lisbon, Otsego, New York, United States, his father, Rufus Harrington, was 41 and his mother, Sally Aylesworth, was 38. He married Ellen Pierce about 1853, in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Corydon, Elk Township, Warren, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860 and Caton, Steuben, New York, United States for about 10 years. He died in 1866, at the age of 38.
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- Alonzo Hamright, "United States Census, 1860"
- THE ANCESTRY AND DESCENDANTS of JOHN HEARNDON of SCITUATE, R. I.
- Alonzo Harrington, "New York State Census, 1875"
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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.
1830 · The Oregon Trail
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.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the three places called Harrington (Cumberland, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire). The Cumberland placename derives from the Old English personal name Hæfer + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The Lincolnshire placename derives from the Old English personal name Hearra + Old English connective -ing- + tūn. The Northamptonshire derives from an Old English personal name Hǣthhere + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. Compare Herendeen .
Irish: adopted as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hArrachtáin ‘descendant of Arrachtán’, a personal name from a diminutive of arrachtach ‘mighty, powerful’.
Irish: in Kerry, this name was adopted as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hIongardail, later Ó hUrdáil, ‘descendant of Iongardal’, a personal name of uncertain origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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