Brief Life History of Joanna
When Joanna Stidham was born on 10 April 1828, in Brandywine Hundred, New Castle, Delaware, United States, her father, John Stedham, was 26 and her mother, Maria Robson, was 24. She married William Peter Williams on 14 June 1849, in Toulon, Stark, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in California, United States in 1870 and Judicial Township 10, Fresno, California, United States in 1900. She died on 23 October 1900, in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Tollhouse, Fresno, California, United States.
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- Jeana Williams in household of William P Williams, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Joanna Stidham - Government record: birth-name: Johan Steadman
- Joanna Stidham, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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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.
1839
Historical Boundaries: 1839: Marshall, Illinois, United States
1848 · The California Gold Rush
On January 24, 1848, gold was found at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California, which began the California gold rush. In December of that same year, U.S. President James Polk announced the news to Congress. The news of gold lured thousands of “forty-niners” seeking fortune to California during 1849. Approximately 300,000 people relocated to California from all over the world during the gold rush years. It is estimated that the mined gold was worth tens of billions in today’s U.S. dollars.
Name Meaning
Americanized form, via Stedham , of an unidentified Scandinavian or perhaps Dutch surname recorded in DE in the 17th century as Stiddem. Possible Dutch source is Van Stedum, a habitational name from Stedum, a village near Loppersum in the province of Groningen, named with plural dative from stad, denoting a place or country estate (with specific rights). Compare Stidam .
Possibly also an altered form of English Stedham .
History: The progenitor of (the majority of) the Stidhams was Timon Stidham, the pioneer physician in New Sweden (today DE), who arrived from Sweden in 1638 for the first time, and again in 1654, when he settled in Fort Christina (later Willmington, DE). His original surname was recorded as Stiddem, the form not found in Scandinavia or elsewhere in Europe.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Camp Henry
This old homestead named "Camp Henry," near Tollhouse, Fresno County, California was still standing in 1966. Joanna Stidham Williams Henry is standing in front with her son Perry Willard Williams (whi …
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