Brief Life History of Charlotte Matlida
When Charlotte Matlida Divoll was born on 15 September 1816, in Rockingham, Windham, Vermont, United States, her father, Manasseh Divoll Jr., was 28 and her mother, Charlotte Davis, was 22. She married Elias Olcott on 10 April 1838, in Rockingham, Windham, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 7 April 1858, in Rockingham, Windham, Vermont, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Immanuel Cemetery, Rockingham, Windham, Vermont, United States.
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Sources (12)
- Charlotte M Olcott in household of Elias Olcott, "United States Census, 1850"
- Charlotte M. Divoll, "Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908"
- Charlotte M. Divoll Olcott, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (5)
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
Altered form of English Davol or Devall . Compare Devol .
In some cases also an altered form of Norwegian Devold: habitational name from a farm name in western Norway, a compound of Old Norse digr ‘large’ and vǫllr ‘meadow, grassy field’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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