Brief Life History of Mary Lovina
Mary Lovina Waters was born about 1825, in Mississippi, United States as the daughter of Dawson Waters and Elizabeth Watson. She married William Plummer Franklin in 1843, in Brandon, Rankin, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Trinity, Texas, United States in 1860. She died from 1871 to 1880, and was buried in Lufkin, Angelina, Texas, United States.
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- Lavina Franklin in household of W P Franklin, "United States Census, 1860"
- Lovinnie Franklin in household of Wm Franklin, "United States Census, 1870"
- Lavina Franklin in household of William P Franklin, "United States Census, 1850"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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.
1844 · German Immigration to Texas
Over 7,000 German immigrants arrived in Texas. Some of these new arrivals died in epidemics; those that survived ended up living in cities such as San Antonio, Galveston, and Houston. Other German settlers went to the Texas Hill Country and formed the western portion of the German Belt, where new towns were founded: New Braunfels and Fredericksburg.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: variant of Water 1 and 2, with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish: when not the English surname, this is an Anglicized form of various Gaelic names taken to be derived from uisce ‘water’ (see for example Haskin , Hiskey ).
History: James Waters came from London, England, to Salem, MA, in 1630. Lawrence Waters came to Charlestown, MA, from Lancaster, England, in 1675.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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