Jane Ann Milligan

Brief Life History of Jane Ann

When Jane Ann Milligan was born on 17 January 1814, in Ohio, United States, her father, David Milligan, was 35 and her mother, Margaret Jackson, was 23. She married George M. Child on 20 August 1833, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died in 1861, at the age of 47.

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Family Time Line

George M. Child
1809–1872
Jane Ann Milligan
1814–1861
Marriage: 20 August 1833
Augustus Child
1834–
Josephus Child
1835–
William Child
1835–
Mary Helen Child
1839–1922
Felix S. Child
1843–
Eliza Child
1845–
Elizabeth Childs
1848–1935
Alice Child
1849–

Sources (2)

  • Jane Eliza Milligan, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • Jane Milligan in entry for Mary Helen Child, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"

World Events (6)

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. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

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.

Name Meaning

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maolagáin ‘descendant of Maoileagán’, a personal name from a double diminutive of maol meaning ‘bald’ or ‘tonsured’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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