Brief Life History of Charles W
When Charles W Kirkham was born in 1830, in Ionia, Ionia, Michigan, United States, his father, Elijah Kirkhum, was 37 and his mother, Mary Polly Terry, was 26. He married Laura C Townsend on 5 April 1855, in Ionia, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Berlin Township, Ionia, Michigan, United States in 1850. He died on 28 July 1892, in Lenox Township, Macomb, Michigan, United States, at the age of 62.
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- Charles Kirkman in household of Elijah Kirkman, "United States Census, 1850"
- Charles W. Pinkham, "Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995"
- Charles Kirkham in entry for Charles Townsend Kirkham, "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952"
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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.
1847 · Moving the State Capital
The capital of Michigan was moved from Detroit to Lansing on March 17, 1847. The capital was moved to be further away from Canada, to encourage settlement and boost economy toward the inner regions of the state, and to make to capital more accessible to everyone statewide.
Name Meaning
English (mainly northwestern): habitational name from any of the places in Lancashire and East Yorkshire named Kirkham. The placenames derive from Old Norse kirkja ‘church’ + Old English hām ‘village, homestead’ or Old Norse heim ‘homestead, estate’.
Possibly an altered form of German Kirchham, a habitational name from either of two places called Kirchham, in Austria or Bavaria.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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