Brief Life History of Huldah A
When Huldah A Whitman was born on 2 October 1826, in Barren, Kentucky, United States, her father, Christopher Whitman, was 35 and her mother, Martha Patsey Lucas, was 29. She married William John Thomas Wallace on 30 August 1843, in Warren, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She lived in Warren, Illinois, United States in 1850. She died on 28 November 1853, in Utah, Kelly Township, Warren, Illinois, United States, at the age of 27, and was buried in Mosher Cemetery, Monmouth Township, Warren, Illinois, United States.
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- Huldah Wallace in household of Wm J T Wallace, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Hulda A. Whitman - Published information: Family genealogies: birth: 2 October 1826; Barren, Kentucky, United States
- Hulda A Whitman, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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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 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens
The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.
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
English (southern): from the Middle English personal name Whytman (Old English Hwītmann, from hwīt ‘white’ + mann ‘man’). Compare White 1 and also Wightman , with which this surname was probably confused.
History: John Whitman settled in Weymouth, MA, c. 1638. The poet Walt Whitman (1819–92) was descended from Joseph Whitman, who had settled in Stratford, CT, from England around 1660.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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