Brief Life History of Oliver
When Oliver Locke was born on 11 December 1825, in Deering, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, his father, James Lock, was 27 and his mother, Kezia D. Peaslee, was 25. He married Mary E. Porter on 6 May 1855, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. He lived in Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1880 and Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States for about 10 years. He died on 28 May 1910, at the age of 84, and was buried in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Oliver Locke in household of Elisa Hallett, "United States Census, 1850"
- Oliver Locke, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Oliver Locke, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
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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.
1833 · First Public Library Founded in Petersborough
In 1833, the oldest tax-supported public library in the world was established by Reverend Abiel Abbot.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English, Dutch, and German: variant of Lock .
Americanized form of Norwegian Løkke: habitational name from a farm name, from Old Norse lykkja ‘enclosure’.
Chinese: variant of Lok .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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