Brief Life History of Mary
Mary Van Ormer was born on 5 March 1825, in West Middletown, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States. She had at least 3 sons and 2 daughters with William Spear Dodds. She lived in Franklin Township, Washington, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Washington, Washington, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. She died on 12 February 1920, in Washington, Iowa, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Washington, Washington, Iowa, United States.
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Sources (4)
- Mary Dodds, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mary V Dodds in entry for James S Dodds and Ella E Crow, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Mary Dodds in household of William S Dodds, "United States Census, 1850"
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World Events (8)
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.
1839
Historical Boundaries: 1839: Slaughter, Iowa Territory, United States 1839: Washington, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Washington, Iowa, United States
1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Vietnamese Anh, Thanh, Hung, Minh, Vinh, Dung, Hue, Huong, Lan, Quang, Tan, Thuy, Hong, Chi, Hang, Ho, Pok, Sang, Bai, Chin, Ching, Chu, Chuan, Dong.
Vietnamese (Vạn): from the Chinese surname 萬, see Wan 1.
Vietnamese (Văn): from the Chinese surnames 文 or 聞, see Wen 2 and 3, and also 5 below.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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