Brief Life History of Lydia Ann
When Lydia Ann Boyle was born about 1830, in Canada, her father, John Boyle, was 36 and her mother, Lucretia Mae Draper, was 29. She married John McDonald on 12 September 1853, in Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Rockport Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States in 1850. She died on 29 October 1886, in Almena Township, Van Buren, Michigan, United States, at the age of 57.
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- Lydia Boyle in household of John Boyle, "United States Census, 1850"
- Lydia A. Boyles, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Lydia A. Mcdoweld, "Michigan, Deaths, 1867-1897"
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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.
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Liam, Declan, Fergus, John Patrick, Padraic, Seamus, Aileen, Brigid, Cathal, Colm, Conn.
Irish (Donegal): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Baoighill ‘descendant of Baoigheall’, a personal name of uncertain meaning, perhaps from baoth ‘rash’ + geall ‘pledge’.
Scottish (of Norman origin): habitational name from Biéville, near Caen, Normandy, formerly Boiavilla. The Boyle earls of Glasgow, lords of Kelburne (Ayrshire) are descended from Adam son of Gilbert son of Richer de Boiville. In 12th-century England, men named de Boiville held land in Millom and Saint Bees, Cumberland, and were associated with grants of land in Gloucestershire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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