Brief Life History of William
When William Wade was born in 1816, in Adair, Kentucky, United States, his father, Joseph Wade, was 31 and his mother, Henrietta Nelson Callicut, was 30. He married Mary Elizabeth Hipes on 3 August 1837, in Montgomery, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Scott Township, Montgomery, Indiana, United States in 1840. He died in 1860, in Greenup, Cumberland, Illinois, United States, at the age of 44.
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- William Wade, "United States Census, 1840"
- Unknown, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- William Wade, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1822
Historical Boundaries 1822: Montgomery, Indiana, United States
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: from the Middle English personal name Wade (Old English Wada or, via Norman French, from ancient Germanic Wado, of unclear origin but possibly related to Old English wadan ‘to go’).
English: topographic name from Middle English wade ‘ford’ (Old English (ge)wæd ‘ford, especially a tidal crossing’) for someone who lived by a ford, or a habitational name from a place so called, such as Wade Hall in North Cove (Suffolk).
Irish: shortened and altered from Mac Uaid, see McQuaid .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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