Brief Life History of Gershom
When Gershom Pope was born on 27 August 1810, in Burlington, Burlington, Otsego, New York, United States, his father, Jedediah Pope, was 45 and his mother, Lucy Angel, was 31. He married Maria Taylor on 23 August 1840. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Minnesota, United States in 1870 and Wilmington Township, Houston, Minnesota, United States in 1875. He died on 5 May 1885, in Caledonia, Houston, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Caledonia, Houston, Minnesota, United States.
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- Gersham Pope, "Minnesota State Census, 1865 "
- Gersham Pope, "Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001"
- Gresham Pope in entry for Lucy Ann Wheaton, "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
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
English: nickname from Middle English pope (derived via Old English from Late Latin papa ‘bishop, pope’, from Greek pappas ‘father’, in origin a nursery word.) In the early Christian Church, the Latin term was at first used as a title of respect for male clergy of every rank, but in the Western Church it gradually came to be restricted to bishops, and then only to the bishop of Rome; in the Eastern Church it continued to be used of all priests (see Popov , Papas ). The nickname would have been used for a vain or pompous man, or for someone who had played the part of the pope in a pageant or play. The surname is also present in Ireland and Scotland.
North German: variant of Poppe .
German: translation of Pabst .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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