Brief Life History of Ebenezer
When Ebenezer Haley was born on 11 March 1801, in Chebogue, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, Comfort Haley Sr, was 47 and his mother, Hannah Ellis, was 34. He married Margaret Hilton on 8 January 1822. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Centerville District, Fremont, Alameda, California, United States in 1880. He died on 7 December 1897, in Newark, Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 96, and was buried in Newark, Alameda, California, United States.
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- Ebeneazer Haley, "United States Census, 1870"
- Ebenezer Haley, "Find A Grave Index"
- Ebenezer Haley, "California Great Registers, 1850-1920"
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1823
Oldest Grave Seen in Memorial List
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
English: habitational name from Hailey (Oxfordshire), Heylee in Chapel en le Frith (Derbyshire), Haley in Northowram (Yorkshire), or one or other of the places called Highley in Parracombe and Upottery (Devon). All the placenames derive from Old English hēg ‘hay’ + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’, except Highley in Upottery, whose first element may be Old English hēah ‘high’.
English (southeastern): aspirated pronunciation of Ayley, a variant of Aylett .
Irish: adopted form of Mac Céile, see McHale .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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