Brief Life History of Rachael D.
When Rachael D. Carpenter was born on 16 May 1825, in Centreville, New Castle, Delaware, United States, her father, William Carpenter, was 33 and her mother, Elizabeth Lancaster, was 29. She married Joseph Crossgrove on 4 December 1845, in New Castle, Delaware, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Christiana Hundred, New Castle, Delaware, United States in 1850 and Cache, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 5 August 1868, in Elk Grove, Sacramento, California, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Elk Grove, Sacramento, California, United States.
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- Rachael Crossgrace in household of Joseph Crossgrace, "United States Census, 1850"
- RACHEL D CROSSGROVE, "BillionGraves Index"
- Rachel Crossgrove in entry for Lydia Emma Crossgrove, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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World Events (7)
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.
1832 · First Peach Orchard Planted
Isaac Reeves is credited with being Delaware's first farmer to plant over 30 acres of peaches near the city of New Castle. In over ten years, he would expand his crop to over a hundred acres. His success prompted others to plant orchards in Kent and Sussex counties. This gave the state the nickname the ""Peach State"" for awhile.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (southern): occupational name for a worker in wood, Norman French carpentier (from Late Latin carpentarius ‘cartwright’).
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Zimmermann , French Charpentier , Italian Carpentieri , or cognates and equivalents in various other languages.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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