Brief Life History of Rebecca
When Rebecca Edwards was born in 1818, in South Carolina, United States, her father, Thomas E. Edwards, was 27 and her mother, Agnes Carnes, was 29. She married Edmond Powell in 1852, in Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Lumpkin, Georgia, United States in 1860. She died in 1904, in Georgia, United States, at the age of 86.
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- Rebecca Howell, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Rebecca Edwards - Published information: birth-name: Rebecca Edwards
- Rebecca Edwards in household of Thomas Edwards, "United States Census, 1850"
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World Events (8)
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.
1822 · Slave Rebellion
On June 16, 1822, Denmark Vesey a free and self-educated African American leads a slave rebellion called "the rising." The interesting thing about this rebellion is that it does not really happen. The only thing the judges have to go on is the testimony of people that witness it.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: variant of Edward , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
History: One of the earliest American bearers of this very common English surname was William Edwards, the son of Rev. Richard Edwards, a London clergyman in the age of Elizabeth I, who came to New England c. 1640. His descendant Jonathan (1703–58), of East Windsor, CT, was a prominent Congregational clergyman whose New England theology led to the first Great Awakening, a great religious revival.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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