Brief Life History of Helen Mar
When Helen Mar Hellen was born in March 1827, in Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Benjamin Hellen, was 47 and her mother, Drusilla Hook, was 41. She married John Albertson Patton about 1860, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Addison, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. She died on 7 January 1902, in Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Park Place Cemetery, Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Helen M Patton, "United States Census, 1900"
- Helen Mar Hellen Patton, "Find A Grave Index"
- Hellen M. in entry for John H. Patton and Ida Spitznagle, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
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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
Swedish (mainly Hellén): ornamental or habitational name formed with the (placename) element häll ‘(flat) rock’ + the adjectival suffix -én/-en, a derivative of Latin -enius ‘relating to’. This surname is also found in Finland.
English (Essex and Middlesex): variant of Ellen . From the medieval period onward there has been confusion with Helen and with the name in 3 below.
English (Essex and Middlesex): of Norman origin, a habitational name from Helléan in Morbihan, Brittany (France).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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