Brief Life History of Catharine
When Catharine Beck was born about 1826, in Ohio, United States, her father, Rev. Michael Moyer, was 33 and her mother, Christina Harter, was 34.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Catharine Moyer - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Catharine Moyer
- Ohio Probate Records, 1789-1996; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9QP-N56S?cc=1992421&wc=S2CL-GP8%3A266280801%2C267301301
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World Events (3)
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.
1830 · The Oregon Trail
Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived beside a stream, from northern Middle English bekke ‘stream’ (Old Norse bekkr).
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of various places in northern France named Bec, for example Bec Hellouin in Eure, named with Old Norman French bec ‘stream’, from the same Old Norse root as in 1 above.
English: from the Middle English personal name Becke (Old English Becca or Beocca), of uncertain origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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