Brief Life History of Harriet
When Harriet Rudy was born about July 1827, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Johann Philip Rudy, was 37 and her mother, Sarah Obermeyer, was 30. She married John Young on 11 September 1843, in Beaver Township, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Bethlehem Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880 and White Township, Kingman, Kansas, United States in 1880.
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- Harriett Young, "United States Census, 1850"
- Harriet Rudy, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
- Harriet Rudy in entry for John Young, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
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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.
1837
Historical Boundaries: 1837: Cedar, Wisconsin Territory, United States 1838: Cedar, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Cedar, Iowa, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
South German: variant of Rudi .
Ukrainian, Rusyn, Polish, and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic); Rusyn (from Slovakia), Slovak, and Czech (also Rudý): nickname for someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion, from Ukrainian and Polish rudy, Slovak and Czech rudý ‘red, reddish-brown’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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