Brief Life History of William
When William Hor was born in 1807, in Waterford, Oxford, Maine, United States, his father, Abraham Horr, was 38 and his mother, Mary Hall, was 26. He married Mary Polly Davis on 14 March 1832, in Waterford, Oxford, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Denmark, Oxford, Maine, United States in 1850. He died in 1885, at the age of 78.
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- William Hor, "United States Census, 1860"
- William Hor, "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- William Hor, "Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907"
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1807
Historical Boundaries: 1807: Oxford, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Oxford, Maine, United States
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
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
Cambodian: written ហោ, probably from a Khmer word meaning ‘to be good’, which is of Chinese origin. The surname ហោ also corresponds to the Khmer word meaning e.g. ‘hall, residence’.
Chinese: variant Romanization of the surnames 何 and 賀, see He 1 and 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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