Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Ireland was born on 24 May 1829, in Tyler, West Virginia, United States, her father, Jesse Ireland, was 24 and her mother, Sarah Wells, was 20. She married George Moats on 2 December 1847, in Tyler, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Ritchie, Virginia, United States in 1850. She died on 15 January 1855, in Danville, Des Moines, Iowa, United States, at the age of 25.
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- Eliz M Moats in household of Geo Moats, "United States Census, 1850"
- Elizabeth Ireland, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
- Elizabeth Ireland in entry for Harvey Borman Moats, "Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992"
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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.
1834
Historical Boundaries: 1834: Michigan Territory, United States 1834: Des Moines, Michigan Territory, United States 1836: Des Moines, Wisconsin Territory, United States 1838: Des Moines, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Des Moines, Iowa, United States
1841
Historical Boundaries: 1841: Des Moines, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: ethnic name denoting someone from Ireland, from Middle English Irland, Irlond, Erlond (Old English Īraland). The country gets its name from the genitive case of Old English Īras ‘Irishmen’ + land ‘land’. The stem Īr- is taken from the Celtic name for Ireland, Èriu, earlier Everiu. The Latin name was (H)ibernia. The surname is especially common in Liverpool, England, which has a large Irish population. Compare Irish .
Americanized form of Erland .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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