Brief Life History of Laura
When Laura Towner was born on 18 February 1809, in Rome, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Enoch Towner, was 27 and her mother, Elizabeth Moore, was 17. She married Alanson Whitney on 18 December 1828, in Rome, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Freedom Township, LaSalle, Illinois, United States in 1860. She died on 29 April 1887, in Rome, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Towner, Rome Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Laura Whitney in household of Alanson Whitney, "United States Census, 1850"
- Laura Towner Whitney, "BillionGraves Index"
- Laura Whitney in household of Alanson Whitney, "United States Census, 1860"
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1810
Historical Boundaries 1810: Ontario, Pennsylvania, United States 1812: Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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 (Sussex and Kent):
topographic name from Middle English toun(e), ton(e) ‘town, village, settlement’ (Old English tūn) + -er, for someone who lived in a ‘town’. Compare Town .
perhaps occasionally an occupational name for a toll taker or tax collector, from tolenar, an agent derivative of Middle English toll ‘tax, payment’. Compare Towler .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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