Brief Life History of Anna
When Anna Metz was born in 1826, in Monongalia, Virginia, United States, her father, Jacob Metz, was 43 and her mother, Catherine Ada Michael, was 37. She married David Youst on 8 August 1844, in Marion, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in District 7, Mason, Virginia, United States in 1860 and West Virginia, United States in 1870. She died in 1883, in Wetzel, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Wetzel, West Virginia, United States.
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- Ann Youst, "United States Census, 1850"
- Anne Metz, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
- Anne Metz in entry for William Youst, "Iowa, Old Age Tax Assistance Records, 1934-1958"
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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.
1830 · The Oregon Trail
Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.
1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
Name Meaning
German: from a short form of the female personal name Mechthild, composed of ancient Germanic maht ‘might, strength’ + hild ‘strife, battle’.
German, French (Alsace and Lorraine), and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from Metz in Lorraine, which took its name from a Gaulish tribe, the Mediomatrici; in the name of the place this became abbreviated to Mettis, hence the modern name.
German: from Mätz, a short form of the personal name Matthias (see Matthew ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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