Philena Janes

Brief Life History of Philena

When Philena Janes was born on 6 June 1807, in Easthampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Ebenezer Janes, was 42 and her mother, Submit Clark, was 41. She married Nelson Fordham Boardman on 29 September 1831, in Napoli, Napoli, Cattaraugus, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Salamanca, Allegany Indian Reservation, Cattaraugus, New York, United States in 1880 and Salamanca, Cattaraugus, New York, United States in 1892. She died on 26 April 1895, at the age of 87, and was buried in Napoli, Napoli, Cattaraugus, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Nelson Fordham Boardman
1809–1883
Philena Janes
1807–1895
Marriage: 29 September 1831
Ebenezer Alonzo Boardman
1828–1911
Margaret Virena Boardman
1834–1907
Eleanor Sophronia Boardman
1836–
Alphonzo Jonathan Boardman
1838–1913

Sources (14)

  • Philena Bordman, "New York State Census, 1892"
  • Philena Janes, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Philena Boardman, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1823

Established in 1823

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 (southern): variant of Jane , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s (see Jayne ).

Slovenian and Croatian (of Slovenian origin) (Janeš): variant of Slovenian Janež, from an old equivalent of the Latin personal name Johannes (see John ), or a topographic name or metonymic occupational name from janež ‘anise’. Compare Yanes .

Czech (Janeš, Jáneš): from a pet form of the personal name Jan .

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

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