Brief Life History of Eliza
When Eliza Hayes was born on 23 July 1825, in Milton, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Ichabod Hayes Jr, was 55 and her mother, Sally Card, was 46. She married John Elkins Goodwin on 11 March 1849, in Milton, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She died on 15 October 1861, in Milton, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States.
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- Eliza Goodwin in household of John E Goodwin, "United States Census, 1850"
- Eliza Hayes, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
- Eliza Goodwin, "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947"
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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.
1833 · First Public Library Founded in Petersborough
In 1833, the oldest tax-supported public library in the world was established by Reverend Abiel Abbot.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
Irish (Cork): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAodha ‘descendant of Aodh’, a personal name meaning ‘fire’. Compare McCoy . In some cases especially in County Wexford, the surname is of English origin (see below), having been taken to Ireland by the Normans.
English: variant of Hay , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English: topographic name from the plural form of Middle English hay(e), heye, heghe ‘enclosure’ (see Hay ), sometimes used as a collective noun for a farm, especially in Devon, where it is a frequent minor placename. Compare Hain .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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