Brief Life History of Samuel March
When Samuel March Gerrish was born on 8 October 1826, in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Benaiah Gerrish, was 33 and his mother, Mary M March, was 30. He married Mary Ann Coffin on 27 August 1844, in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in North Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States in 1865. He died on 10 February 1903, in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Samuel M Gerrish, "Massachusetts State Census, 1865"
- Samuel March, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Samuel M. Gerrish, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915"
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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.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (southwestern): nickname for an unpredictable, wayward person, from Middle English gerysshe ‘wild, changeable’.
Americanized form of German Gerisch 1 or 2, and of Sorbian Geriš and Gěriš or their Germanized form Gerisch 3.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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