Brief Life History of Phebe A.
When Phebe A. Andrews was born on 11 December 1828, in Ridgeway, Ridgeway, Orleans, New York, United States, her father, Avery Andrews, was 30 and her mother, Anna Tanner, was 26. She married William Priday on 5 August 1852. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Ridgeway, Orleans, New York, United States for about 10 years. She died on 20 October 1870, in Onondaga, Onondaga Township, Ingham, Michigan, United States, at the age of 41.
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- Phebe Andrus, "United States Census, 1850"
- Phebe A Priday, "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897"
- Phebe A Priday in entry for Phebe A Priday, "Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917"
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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.
1837
Michigan is the 26th state.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Andrew , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This is the usual southern English patronymic form, also found in Wales; the Scottish and northern English form is Anderson . In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages, e.g. Polish Andrzejewski , Slovenian Andrejčič, Serbian and Croatian Andrić (see Andric ), and Czech Ondráček (see Ondracek ).
Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Aindreis or Irish Mac Aindriú, see McAndrew .
History: This was a common name among the early settlers in New England. Robert Andrews emigrated in 1635 from Norwich, England, to Ipswich, MA. Even before 1635, one Thomas Andrews is recorded as being established in Hingham. A certain William Andrews was a member of John Davenport's company, which sailed from Boston in 1638 to found the New Haven colony.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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