Brief Life History of Ellen
When Ellen Goff was born on 18 August 1827, in Mississippi, United States, her father, James A. Goff, was 45 and her mother, Frances Davis, was 40. She married Christopher C Collins Jr on 27 April 1840, in Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Newton, Mississippi, United States in 1870 and Beat 4, Newton, Mississippi, United States in 1880. She died on 23 May 1901, in Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, United States.
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- Elen Collins in household of Cristerfer Collins, "United States Census, 1860"
- Ellen Goff, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- Ellen Collins, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
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.
1861
Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.
Name Meaning
English: if originally pronounced with a soft G-, this is from the Middle English personal name Goff(e), Joff(e), a short form of Geoffrey (see Jeffrey ).
English (of Cornish and Breton origin): occupational name from Cornish and Breton goff ‘smith’ (cognate with Gaelic gobha). The surname is common in East Anglia, where it is of Breton origin, introduced by followers of William the Conqueror.
Welsh and Cornish: nickname from a variant of Welsh or Cornish coch, goch ‘red(-haired)’; see Gough .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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