Brief Life History of James Henry
When James Henry Bliss was born on 13 April 1817, in Rehoboth, Bristol, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Elijah Carpenter Bliss, was 27 and his mother, Sarah Perry, was 22. He married Sarah Jane Mathes on 22 January 1841, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1850. He died on 15 November 1853, in Rehoboth, Bristol, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 36, and was buried in Village Cemetery, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.
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- James H Blyss, "United States Census, 1850"
- James N. Arnold, Vital Records of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, 1642-1896, Births.
- James H. Bliss, "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"
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World Events (6)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
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.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a cheerful person, from Middle English blisse ‘joy’. Compare Blissett .
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from the village of Blay in Calvados, France, recorded in 1077 in the form Bleis. The village of Stoke Bliss in Worcestershire takes the second part of its name from a Norman family de Blez, recorded several times in the county from the 13th century.
German: nickname for a cheerful person, from Middle High German blīde ‘happy, friendly’. It is also found in France.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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