Jane or Jennett Rogerson

Brief Life History of Jane or Jennett

When Jane or Jennett Rogerson was born on 5 March 1827, in Preston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Rogerson, was 25 and her mother, Mary Farren Harrison, was 24. She married Seth Ollerton on 12 June 1848, in Penwortham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 1 October 1864, in Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States.

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Family Time Line

Seth Ollerton
1826–1897
Jane or Jennett Rogerson
1827–1864
Marriage: 12 June 1848
Elizabeth Ann Ollerton
1848–1922
Robert Ollerton
1861–1863
Seth William James Ollerton
1849–1930
Ellen Ollerton
1852–1935
Hannah Ollerton
1853–1853
James Ollerton
1856–1917
William Ollerton
1859–1925
Ollerton
1864–1864

Sources (19)

  • Jane Rogerson in household of William Rogerson, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Jane Rogerson, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • OUR PIONEER HERITAGE,GRAVES ALONG THE TRAIL

World Events (8)

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

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.

1842 · Mines and Collieries Act of 1842

The Parliment of the United Kingdom passed the Mines and Collieries Act of 1842, mostly commonly known as the Mines Act of 1842. This act made it so that nobody under the age of ten could work in the mines and also females in general could not be employed.

Name Meaning

English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Roger + -son.

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