Brief Life History of Jessie
When Jessie Ireland was born on 27 December 1827, in Carse of Gowrie, Perthshire, Scotland, her father, David Ireland, was 27 and her mother, Margaret Boag, was 32. She married Allan McPherson Findlay on 4 May 1856, in Liverpool St Peter and St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States in 1870 and Meadow Valley Wash, Lincoln, Nevada, United States in 1900. She died on 27 August 1891, in Panaca, Lincoln, Nevada, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Panaca Cemetery, Panaca, Lincoln, Nevada, United States.
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- Janet Finley in household of Allen M Finley, "United States Census, 1870"
- Janet Ireland, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Jessie Ireland in entry for Jennette I Spencer, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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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
English and Scottish: ethnic name denoting someone from Ireland, from Middle English Irland, Irlond, Erlond (Old English Īraland). The country gets its name from the genitive case of Old English Īras ‘Irishmen’ + land ‘land’. The stem Īr- is taken from the Celtic name for Ireland, Èriu, earlier Everiu. The Latin name was (H)ibernia. The surname is especially common in Liverpool, England, which has a large Irish population. Compare Irish .
Americanized form of Erland .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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