Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Crowley was born on 13 October 1826, in Georgia, United States, her father, Spencer B Crowley, was 30 and her mother, Mary Polly Smith, was 24. She married Evan Pearson Goss on 22 December 1850, in Henry, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Union, Louisiana, United States in 1880 and Ward Three, Union, Louisiana, United States in 1900. She died on 17 May 1905, in Louisiana, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Lillie, Union, Louisiana, United States.
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- Eliz Croley, "United States Census, 1850"
- Elizabeth Crowley Goss, "Find A Grave Index"
- Elizabeth in entry for Thomas Jack Goss, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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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 · Worcester v. Georgia
In 1830, U.S. President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act which required all Native Americans to relocate to areas west of the Mississippi River. That same year, Governor Gilmer of Georgia signed an act which claimed for Georgia all Cherokee territories within the boundaries of Georgia. The Cherokees protested the act and the case made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The case, Worcester v. Georgia, ruled in 1832 that the United States, not Georgia, had rights over the Cherokee territories and Georgia laws regarding the Cherokee Nation were voided. President Jackson didn’t enforce the ruling and the Cherokees did not cede their land and Georgia held a land lottery anyway for white settlers.
1861
Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Brennan, Kieran, Aileen, Assumpta, Bridie, Declan, Donovan, Kaitlin, Kevin Patrick, Maeve, Patrick Joseph.
Irish (Cork): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cruadhlaoich ‘descendant of Cruadhlaoch’, a personal name composed of the elements cruadh ‘hardy’ + laoch ‘hero’. There has been some confusion with Crawley .
English: variant of Crawley .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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