Brief Life History of Louis Moreau
When Louis Moreau Gottschalk was born on 8 May 1829, in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States, his father, Richard Gottschalk, was 29 and his mother, Marga Rita Avebury, was 26. He married Mrs. Louis M. Gottschalk in 1850, in England, United Kingdom. He died on 18 December 1869, in Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the age of 40, and was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States.
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- Louis Moreau Gottschalk, "Find A Grave Index"
- Louis W Gottschalk, "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925"
- Louis Moreau Gottschalk, "BillionGraves Index"
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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.
1830 · The Oregon Trail
Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Hans, Armin, Horst, Otto, Arno, Franz, Fritz, Gunther, Heinz, Ingo, Klaus.
German, Danish, and Jewish (western Ashkenazic): from a medieval personal name composed of Middle High German got ‘God’ (Old High German got) + scalh ‘servant, serf’ (Old High German scalc).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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