Brief Life History of Harriet
Harriet Lay was born about 1827, in North Carolina, United States. She had at least 3 daughters with Grief Embers. She lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1850 and San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States in 1870. She died on 1 December 1877, in San Bernardino, California, United States, at the age of 51.
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Sources (3)
- William Lay, "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 "
- Harriet Ambrose in household of Grief Ambrose, "United States Census, 1870"
- Harriet Embers in household of Saml Ayers, "United States Census, 1860"
Spouse and Children
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 · Trail of Tears
In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Lee .
Scottish: shortened form of McClay .
German: habitational name from any of the places so named, in the Rhineland near Koblenz and in Bavaria, from lay(h), a word meaning ‘stone, rock, slate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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