Brief Life History of Eliza Amelia
When Eliza Amelia McClellan was born on 17 April 1826, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, her father, Samuel McClellan, was 39 and her mother, Eva Maria Elizabeth Raborg, was 33. She married Franklin Hersh on 20 June 1860, in Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Maryland, United States in 1870 and Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States in 1880. She died on 19 May 1925, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, at the age of 99, and was buried in Westminster Burial Ground, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
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- Eliza Hersh in household of Edmond Luckett, "United States Census, 1920"
- Eliza A. McClellan Hersh, "Find A Grave Index"
- Eliza A. in entry for George Giles Hersh, "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950"
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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.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Scottish and northern Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Fhaolain (Scottish) and Mac Giolla Fhaoláin (Irish) ‘son of the servant (i.e. devotee) of (Saint) Faolán’, a personal name representing a diminutive of faol ‘wolf’. See also McLellan , compare Whelan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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