Brief Life History of Mary Catherine
When Mary Catherine Cave was born in 1827, in Virginia, United States, her father, Thomas Cave, was 52 and her mother, Catherine Valentine, was 41. She married Elijah William Petit on 17 June 1847, in Page, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 12 daughters. She lived in Marksville, Page, Virginia, United States in 1870 and Shenandoah, Page, Virginia, United States in 1880. She died after 1880, in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States.
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- Mary C Petit in household of Elijah Petit, "United States Census, 1860"
- Maryle, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Mary C, "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901"
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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.
1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in East Yorkshire called Cave, apparently from a river name derived from Old English cāf ‘swift’.
English (of Norman origin): nickname from Norman and Picard Old French cauf (from Latin calvus) ‘bald’.
French: topographic name for someone who lived in or near a cave, from Old French cave ‘cave’, ‘cellar’ (from Latin cavea, a derivative of cavus ‘hollow’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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