Brief Life History of Ner
When Ner Evans was born on 30 December 1828, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Jesse Evans, was 22 and his mother, Maria Young, was 23. He married Sarah Jane McGuckin on 11 August 1859, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in East Nantmeal Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States for about 30 years. He died on 9 October 1891, in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Vincent Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Ner Evans, "United States Census, 1860"
- Ner Evans, "Find A Grave Index"
- Ner Evans in entry for Ner Evans, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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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.
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.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Welsh: derivative of Evan , from Efan, Ifan, medieval forms of Ieuan (from Latin Johannes, the source of English John), dating from c. 1500, with the post-medieval patronymic suffix -s. Welsh Sion was a separate borrowing of English John, and Evan (Ieuan) and Sion developed as independent names.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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