Brief Life History of Catherine
When Catherine Maynes was born about 1816, in County Tyrone, Ireland, her father, Lawrence Maynes, was 52 and her mother, Catherine McCloskey, was 35. She married Patrick Corrigan on 9 December 1840, in Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 daughters. She lived in Exeter Township, Monroe, Michigan, United States in 1850. She died on 29 September 1858, in Monroe, Michigan, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Carleton, Ash Township, Monroe, Michigan, United States.
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- Catharine Corrogan in household of Patrick Corrogan, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Catherine Maynes - Published information: birth-name: Catherine Maynes
- Mary Maynos, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
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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: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Maghnuis (see McManus ).
Scottish and English: variant of Mains .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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