When Elijah Osborn Christian was born on 18 February 1811, in Madison, Georgia, United States, his father, Obediah Maske Christian, was 32 and his mother, Anne Barnes, was 31. He married Mildred Arnold Peavy on 23 October 1840, in Meriwether, Baldwin, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Louisiana, United States in 1870 and Claiborne, Louisiana, United States in 1880. He died on 11 June 1881, in Colquitt, Claiborne, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Colquitt Cemetery, Claiborne, Louisiana, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Louisiana is the 18th state.
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.
German and French: from the personal name Christian, from Latin Christianus ‘follower of Christ’ (see Christ 1), literally ‘the Christian’. The usual French form is, however, Chrétien (see Chretien ). For the cognate English name see 3 below.
Manx: from Mac Kristinn ‘son of Kristinn’, a borrowing of the Old Norse form of Latin Christianus ‘the Christian’. Christian is a learned, Anglicized form.
English (of Norman origin): from the interchangeable Middle English personal names Cristian and Cristin, used for both men and women. Cristian is from Latin Christianus (see 1 above) and its female equivalent Christiana. Cristin is from Latin Christinus and Christina, male and female diminutives of Christus ‘Christ’. They were introduced to England and Scotland by the Normans in their Old French forms, male Crestien (or the learned form Cristian) and Cristin, female Cristiane and Cristine. Cristin(e) was naturally associated with the Middle English word cristen, cristin, or criston ‘Christian’ (Old English crīsten), reinforcing the tendency to use Cristin and Cristian as alternative name forms. The male name was never common in medieval England, but the female name became increasingly popular in the 14th and 15th centuries.
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