Rebeca Oakley

Femaleabout 1822–1842

Brief Life History of Rebeca

Rebeca Oakley was born about 1822, in Ohio, United States. She married William Noakes on 10 October 1842, in Medina, Ohio, United States. She died in 1842, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, at the age of 21.

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William Noakes
1818–1842
Rebeca Oakley
1822–1842

Sources (2)

  • Rebeca Oakley, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Rebeca Oakley, "Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958"

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World Events (3)

1825 · The Crimes Act

Age 3

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.

1827

Age 5

Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Age 8

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

English (mainly West Midlands): habitational name from any of numerous places called Oakley, Oakle, or Oakleigh, in Bedfordshire, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Somerset, Suffolk, or Wiltshire. The placenames derive from Old English āc ‘oak’ + lēah ‘open woodland’.

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

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