Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth
When Mary Elizabeth Dolan was born in 1829, in Monroe, Virginia, United States, her father, Mathew Alexander Dolan, was 43 and her mother, Elizabeth Jane Wentz, was 39. She married Joseph Alexander Parker on 8 March 1848, in Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died in 1855, in West Virginia, United States, at the age of 26.
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- Elizabeth Parker in household of Joseph A Parker, "United States Census, 1850"
- Elizabeth Dolan, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
- Elizabeth Dolan, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
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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.
1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, James Patrick, Aisling, Brennan, Bridgid, Cormac, Donovan, Dymphna, Eamon, John Patrick, Kevin Patrick, Liam.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Dubhláin ‘descendant of Dubhshlán’, a personal name from dubh ‘black’ + slán ‘challenge’.
In some cases also an American shortened form of Slovenian Dolanc or Dolanec: vernacular variants of a habitational name for someone from any of numerous villages named Dol ‘small valley’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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