Brief Life History of Phoebe
When Phoebe Bell was born on 10 September 1805, in Washington, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Jacob Bell, was 36 and her mother, Elizabeth Lawrence, was 38. She had at least 2 sons and 5 daughters with Sample Sweeney. She was buried in Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Sources (5)
- Phoebe B Sorceniy in household of Sample Sorceniy, "United States Census, 1850"
- Phoebe Bell Sweeney, "Find A Grave Index"
- Phebe B Sweany in household of Sample Sweaney, "United States Census, 1860"
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Children (7)
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital
Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.
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.
Name Meaning
English (northern) and Scottish (Lowlands): from the Middle English personal name Bell. As a man's name this is from Old French beu, bel ‘handsome’, which was also used as a nickname. As a female name it represents a short form of Isabel .
English (northern) and Scottish (Lowlands): from Middle English belle ‘bell’ (Old English belle), in various applications; most probably a metonymic occupational name for a bell ringer or bell maker, or a topographic name for someone living ‘at the bell’ (as attested by 14th-century forms such as John atte Belle). This indicates either residence by an actual bell (e.g. a town's bell in a bell tower, centrally placed to summon meetings, sound the alarm, etc.) or ‘at the sign of the bell’, i.e. a house or inn sign (although surnames derived from house and inn signs are rare in Scots and English).
English: from Middle English bel ‘fair, fine, good’ (Old French bel ‘beautiful, fair’). See also Beal 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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