Brief Life History of Jane Jean Rio
When Jane Jean Rio Griffiths was born on 8 May 1810, in Stratford, Essex, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Walter Griffiths, was 25 and her mother, Susanna Ann Burgess, was 36. She married Henry Baker on 24 September 1832, in London, England. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 21 July 1883, in Los Gatos, Santa Clara, California, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Oak View Memorial Park, Antioch, Contra Costa, California, United States.
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- Jane Rig Baker in household of Laace Margtt* Fielder, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Jane Rio Griffiths, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Henry Baker and Jane Rio Griffith in the London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938
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World Events (8)
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
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
Welsh (Glamorgan and western England): Anglicized form of the patronymic (ap) Gruffudd, from Old Welsh Grippiud (see Griffith ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Jean Rio Griffiths Baker: Gathering to Zion
At age 41, Jean was about to embark on the greatest journey of her life. She opened up her diary and began wrote: “January 4, 1851. I am now, with my children, about to leave forever my native land in …
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