Martin S Lane

Brief Life History of Martin S

When Martin S Lane was born on 22 May 1812, in Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, United States, his father, Cyrus Lane, was 27 and his mother, Mary "Polly" Slocum, was 25. He married Lurana Matteson on 7 March 1838, in Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 5 April 1873, in Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Shaftsbury Center, Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, United States.

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Martin S Lane
1812–1873
Lurana Matteson
1815–1885
Marriage: 7 March 1838
Polly Ann Lane
1838–1893

Sources (7)

  • Martin Lane, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Martin S Lane, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Martin S Lane, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"

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World Events (7)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

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: topographic name for someone who lived in a lane, from Middle English, Old English lane, originally a narrow way between fences or hedges, later used to denote any narrow pathway, including one between houses in a town.

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Laighin ‘descendant of Laighean’, a byname meaning ‘spear or javelin’.

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Luain ‘descendant of Luan’, a byname meaning ‘warrior’, formerly Anglicized as O'Loan. See also Lamb .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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