Jane Emalene Blakeslee

Brief Life History of Jane Emalene

When Jane Emalene Blakeslee was born on 28 July 1808, in Meadville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, James Blakeslee, was 45 and her mother, Anna Travers, was 45. She married Thomas Truxton Swena on 20 August 1829, in Meadville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Pine Creek Township, Ogle, Illinois, United States in 1850. She died on 2 June 1887, in Denver, Colorado, United States, at the age of 78.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Truxton Swena
1805–1860
Jane Emalene Blakeslee
1808–1887
Marriage: 20 August 1829
Mary Ann Swena
1830–
Jeanette Angeline Swena
1832–1888
Arathusa Swena
1834–1905
Benjamin Franklin Swena
1838–1860
Helen Agnes Swena
1838–1921
Minerva Swena
1840–1876
Blakesley Swena
1842–
Elizabeth Jane Swena
1848–1921
James Truxton Swena
1851–1930

Sources (4)

  • Jane Seward in household of Kupton Seward, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Jane Emaline Blakeslee Swena, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Blakeslee in entry for Helen Agnes Thomas, "Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937"

World Events (8)

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

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.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from a place in Northamptonshire called Blakesley, from an Old English personal name, Blæcwulf, + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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