When Ann Jane Jamison was born on 25 February 1825, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Francis Jamison, was 23 and her mother, Nancy Wallace, was 30. She married John Holland on 17 November 1842, in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Cecil Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900 and Cecil, Cecil Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910. She died on 18 February 1912, in McDonald, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in McDonald, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States.
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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.
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.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
English and Scottish: from Middle English and Scots Jami(e)son, Jameson, Jem(i)son ‘son of James’ (see James ). Jameson and Jamison are mainly found in northern England, especially in Northumberland and Durham, while in Scotland the more usual form is Jamieson , but all three versions occur on either side of the border.
Scottish: variant of McCamish .
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