Christopher Edelen Hagan

Brief Life History of Christopher Edelen

When Christopher Edelen Hagan was born in 1798, in Washington, Kentucky, United States, his father, Ignatius Hagan, was 28 and his mother, Elizabeth Edelen, was 27. He married Mary Ann Montgomery on 23 June 1816, in Washington, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He died in 1870, in Washington, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 72.

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Family Time Line

Christopher Edelen Hagan
1798–1870
Mary Ann Montgomery
1798–1850
Marriage: 23 June 1816
Permelia Hagan
1815–
John Edward Hagan
1837–1839
George Theodore Hagan
1837–1927
Catherine Margaret Hagan
1819–1899
Susan A. Hagan
1820–
Charles Hagan
1824–1870
Lavina Hagan
1826–1920
Anna Juliana Hagan
1830–1880
Mary Ann Hagan
1839–
Mary Ann Cecilia Hagan
1840–1843

Sources (13)

  • Christopher Hagan, "United States, Census, 1870"
  • Christopher Haggen, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Christopher E. Hagan, "United States, Kentucky, Agricultural Schedules, 1850-1880"

World Events (8)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1801 · Cane Ridge Revival

The Cane Ridge Revival took place for six days in Cane Ridge, Kentucky. From August 6, 1801- August 12 or 13, 1801, around 20 thousand people gathered together for what was called the Second Great Awakening.

1818 · Jackson Purchase

The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.

Name Meaning

Irish (Tyrone, Armagh, and Derry): shortened Anglicized form of O'Hagan , from Gaelic Ó hÁgáin ‘descendant of Ógán’, a personal name from a diminutive of óg ‘young’. Compare Hogan .

English: from the Middle English personal name Hagan, or Hagen, mostly representing Old Danish Haghni or Old Norse Hǫgni ‘protector, patron’, especially in Norfolk, where the name is well attested in the 12th- and early 13th-centuries. It may have been reinforced by Norman use of ancient Germanic Hagano, Hageno, Hagino, but there is no certain evidence for this in Anglo-Norman England. In Norfolk the name was confused with the Middle English personal name Hakun. It also developed to Hane and Hayne (see Hain ).

English: variant of Hacon with voicing of the intervocalic consonant, from the Middle English personal name Hacun (Old Norse Hákun, from ancient northern Germanic elements meaning ‘horse’ + ‘kindred’). Hacon is found mainly in Norfolk and Suffolk.

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

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