Brief Life History of William Berry
William Berry Dickinson was born on 31 October 1827, in Marshall, New Hudson, Allegany, New York, United States. He married Margaret Morena Wells in August 1846, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Fox Lake, Dodge, Wisconsin, United States in 1860. He died on 3 March 1910, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- William Dickinson, "United States Census, 1860"
- William B Dickenson, "California Death Index, 1905-1939"
- William Dickinson in entry for Emma S Parks, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
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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.
1847
EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: Sarah Povey Blackhurst BIRTH 1819 Cheadle, Staffordshire Moorlands District, Staffordshire, England DEATH 15 Aug 1847 (aged 27–28) Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA BURIAL Woodlawn Cemetery Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA MEMORIAL ID 211911134 · View Source
1850 · California Is Admitted to Union
California was admitted into the Union on September 9, 1850, and became the 31st state.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Dickenson , a patronymic from the Middle English personal name Dicun a pet form of Richard (see Dicken ) + son.
History: Jonathan Dickinson, the first president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton), was born in Hatfield, MA, in 1688. Both his parents came from pioneer Connecticut Valley stock.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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