Brief Life History of Andrew Wallace
When Andrew Wallace Ramsay was born on 15 June 1829, in Collessie, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Andrew Ramsay, was 34 and his mother, Charlotte Balfour Robertson, was 23. He married Janet Laing on 30 June 1848, in Kettle, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He immigrated to United States in 1854 and lived in Clinton Township, Texas, Missouri, United States in 1900 and McPherson, McPherson, Kansas, United States in 1910. He died in September 1912, in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States.
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- Andru Ramsey, "United States Census, 1900"
- Andrew Ramsay, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Andrew Ramsay, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
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1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
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.
1854
Bleeding Kansas was a time period between the years 1854 and 1861 with a series of violent confrontations over whether slavery would be legal in Kansas Territory.
Name Meaning
Scottish and English: variant (the usual spelling in Scotland) of Ramsey . The Scottish Ramsays derive from Simund de Ramesie, recorded before 1175, who went to Scotland from Ramsey (Huntingdonshire).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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