Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth McDonald was born in 1826, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Capt. John William McDonald, was 20 and her mother, Rachel Oliver, was 19. She married David P. Scott on 26 December 1844, in Hopewell Township, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Economy, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Hopewell Township, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. She died in 1889, at the age of 63, and was buried in Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Elizabeth Scott in household of D V Scott, "United States Census, 1870"
- No Record No Record, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Elizabeth Scott, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
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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
Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Domhnaill ‘son of Domhnall’, a name derived from the Celtic elements domno- ‘world’ + val- ‘might, rule’. Donald is an Anglicized form (via Latin) of this personal name used in Scotland, though the surname is also widespread in Ireland. The name is equivalent to Irish McDonnell and McConnell , and to Manx Cannell .
History: This is the name of the largest and most disparate of the Scottish clans (Clan Donald), associated in particular with the Hebrides and claiming descent from Domhnall mac Raghnaill mac Somhairle, who lived in the late 12th century. From that time until 1493 the head of the clan was known as Lord (or King) of the Isles. The reigns of the Lords of the Isles were always stormy, often in conflict with the kings of Scotland, and peppered with disasters. After a series of defeats in the 1480s, Eoin Mac Dhomhnaill a Ìle (John Macdonald of Islay, Earl of Ross and Lord of the Isles) forfeited his lands, his power, and his title as Lord of the Isles in 1493 to King James IV of Scotland. By then, a branch of the family had settled in the Antrim Glens in Ireland and members moved between the southern Hebrides and Ireland throughout the 16th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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