Brief Life History of Charles Henry
Charles Henry Oliphant was born on 15 November 1825, in Town of Canandaigua, Ontario, New York, United States. He married Agnes Adams Britton on 11 June 1846, in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Nevada, United States in 1870 and Castle Dale, Emery, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 16 October 1902, in Orangeville, Emery, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Orangeville Cemetery, Orangeville, Emery, Utah, United States.
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- Charles H Briggs, "United States Census, 1840"
- Utah, Select Marriages, 1887-1966
- Charles H Oliphant, "BillionGraves Index"
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1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
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.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (London) and Scottish (Fife): from Old French olifard or olifant, of uncertain meaning. It has been suggested that this might be a derivative of Old French olif ‘olive’ + the pejorative suffix -ard ‘derisive nickname for one who preferred an olive branch to more martial weapons’; it may have denoted a man twisted like an olive-tree. The variant Olifant may have resulted from the substitution in Old Norman French of the sequence l-r by l-n, leading to a false association with Old French olifant ‘elephant’. This heraldic beast appears in the Scottish family's coats of arms. Branches of the Anglo-Norman family owned lands in both England and Scotland. The surname is now chiefly Scottish.
English: possibly a topographic name from residence at an inn known as the Olyphaunt or ‘elephant’, though whether this gave rise to a hereditary surname is unknown.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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