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