Mattie Jane Wann

Brief Life History of Mattie Jane

When Mattie Jane Wann was born on 20 June 1828, in Wayne, Kentucky, United States, her father, Robert Jasper Wann, was 35 and her mother, Sarah Rachel Poe, was 33. She died about 1870, at the age of 43.

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Family Time Line

Robert Jasper Wann
1792–1850
Sarah Rachel Poe
1794–1856
Samuel McGowan Wann
1814–1857
Ruth A Wann
1822–
Alexander A. Wann
1815–1860
Sarah Wann
1817–1883
Margaret Elizabeth Wann
1819–1899
George Wann
1822–1870
William Robert Wann
1824–1871
Ann Wann
1825–1825
Charlotte " Chalittie" Ann Wann
1826–1870
Mary Wann
1826–
Mattie Jane Wann
1828–1870
Joshua H. Wann
1830–1880
Sarah A Wann Weems
1831–1900
Martha Jane Wann
1832–1880
Robert Jasper Wann Jr
1834–1916
James Newton Wann
1836–1920
Thomas Marion Wann
1839–1855

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    World Events (8)

    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 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens

    The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.

    1846

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    Name Meaning

    English (northern; Durham) and Scottish (Fife): from Older Scots and Middle English wan ‘wan, pale’.

    German: from the ancient Germanic personal name Wano, a short form of Wambald (see Wambold ).

    German: topographic name denoting a basket-shaped valley or on a basket-shaped knoll, Middle High German wann(e) ‘basket’ (see Wanner and Wannemacher ).

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

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