Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Kirkland was born about 1797, in United States, his father, Charles Kirkland, was 25 and his mother, Elizabeth Thompson, was 20. He married Frances Fannie Scott Kirkland in 1824, in Mercer, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 26 December 1846, in Boyle, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 50.
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- Francis Kirkland nel documento di Ezikiel Linkhorn, “Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979”
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World Events (7)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1801 · Cane Ridge Revival
The Cane Ridge Revival took place for six days in Cane Ridge, Kentucky. From August 6, 1801- August 12 or 13, 1801, around 20 thousand people gathered together for what was called the Second Great Awakening.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of several places called Kirkland (Cumbria, Lancahires; Ayrshire, Dumfriesshire, Lanarkshire), all named with Old Norse kirkja ‘church’ + land ‘land’, except for the Lancashire placename, which derives from kirkja + lúndr ‘small wood, grove’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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