When Mahala Ellis was born on 12 March 1811, in Genesee, New York, United States, her father, John Ellis, was 42 and her mother, Catherine "Katy" Kinshamner, was 39. She married Albert Lockwood Bishop on 26 November 1829. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Harmony, Chautauqua, New York, United States for about 5 years. She died on 12 February 1882, in Allen, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Allen Cemetery, Allen, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Oldest grave seen in the memorials list. Find A Grave Memorials shows the earliest known burial in this cemetery was in 1829. Capt Moses Allen BIRTH 2 Oct 1786 DEATH 19 Nov 1829 (aged 43) BURIAL Allen Cemetery Allen, Hillsdale County, Michigan, USA Show Map PLOT Row 11 Lot 114 MEMORIAL ID 6631516
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.
English: from the Middle English personal name Elis, an Old French vernacular form of Elias, the Latin and New Testament Greek form of Hebrew Eliyahu; see Elijah and compare Elias , Lias , Ely .
English: possibly in some instances from the Middle English female personal name Elice, a pet form of Elizabeth .
Welsh: from Elis, a shortened form of the Welsh personal name Elisse (earlier Elisedd, a derivative of elus ‘kindly, benevolent’). As usual in Welsh, the stress in Elisse is on the penultimate syllable -li-, which shifts to initial El- when the name is shortened to Elis. It later became confused with Ellis in 1 above.
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