Brief Life History of Otis Jewel
When Otis Jewel Card was born on 11 December 1829, in Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States, his father, Joel Card Jr, was 47 and his mother, Mary Toothaker, was 33. He married Priscilla Purington Orr on 1 November 1852, in Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Maine, United States in 1870. He died on 15 August 1920, in Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States.
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- Otis Lord, "United States Census, 1860"
- Otes I. Card, "Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907"
- Otis J Card, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1832 · Calais Branch is Chartered
The State of Maine chartered the Calais Railway in 1832, one of the first railway charters to be granted by the state. Construction was very long, as the project was reorganized, abandoned, transferred to other companies, and extended several times. It was finally completed in 1898.
1854
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Name Meaning
English (Kent and Sussex): perhaps from Middle English carde ‘card’, an implement for teasing wool for spinning (from medieval Latin cardus) and therefore short for Carder or a metonymic occupational name for a maker of wool carders. Alternatively, from Middle English carde ‘playing card’ (Old French carte), also ‘kind of fabric’ (medieval Latin carda), which could have been a nickname given to a card player or a metonymic occupational name for maker and seller of the fabric.
Irish: shortened form of McCard .
French: from a shortened form of the personal name Ricardon, a pet form of Richard .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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