When Joanna Bracken was born on 29 November 1809, in Bath, Kentucky, United States, her father, Theophilus Bracken, was 30 and her mother, Mary Rachel Kincaid, was 31. She married Walter B. Turner on 16 October 1828, in Menard, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Menard, Illinois, United States for about 20 years and Petersburg, Menard, Illinois, United States in 1880. She died on 19 September 1886, in Athens, Menard, Illinois, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Lebanon Cemetery, Petersburg, Menard, Illinois, United States.
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Bath County was established in 1811 from land given by Montgomery County, Kentucky. Its name is derived from natural springs said to have medicinal qualities.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Breacáin ‘descendant of Breacán’, a personal name from a diminutive of breac ‘speckled, spotted’, which was borne by a 6th-century Christian saint who lived at Ballyconnel, County Cavan, and was famous as a healer; Saint Bricin's Military Hospital, Dublin is named in his honor.
Irish: from Ó Bragáin, see Bragan .
English: topographic name from Middle English braken ‘bracken’ (from Old English bræcen or Old Norse brakni), or a habitational name from a place called with this word, such as Bracken in East Yorkshire, Bracken Fold in Westmorland, or Bracon Ash in Norfolk.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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