When William DeStaffney was born on 3 November 1827, in Italy, his father, Guglielmo Antonio Lorenzo Fortunata De Steffani, was 28 and his mother, Anna Maria De Steffani, was 22. He married Abbie Restelli in 1852, in Chiavenna, Sondrio, Lombardy, Italy. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 5 February 1906, in Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 78.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1843: St. Croix, Wisconsin Territory, United States 1848: de facto Wisconsin Territory, United States 1849: Minnesota Territory, United States 1849: Washington, Minnesota Territory, United States 1858: Washington, Minnesota, United States
Austria regains control of most of Italy.
Probably the most successful of all the Old French names of Germanic origin that were introduced to England by the Normans. It is derived from Germanic wil ‘will, desire’ + helm ‘helmet, protection’. The fact that it was borne by the Conqueror himself does not seem to have inhibited its favour with the ‘conquered’ population: in the first century after the Conquest it was the commonest male name of all, and not only among the Normans. In the later Middle Ages it was overtaken by John , but continued to run second to that name until the 20th century, when the picture became more fragmented.
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