Brief Life History of Calvin
When Calvin Bingham was born on 7 September 1827, in Cornwall, Addison, Vermont, United States, his father, Lucius Augustus Bingham, was 23 and his mother, Sarah Stone, was 22. He married Elizabeth Lucretia Thorn on 18 December 1848, in Pigeon, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Cache, Utah, United States in 1860 and Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 27 May 1883, in Saint David, Cochise, Arizona, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Saint David Cemetery, Saint David, Cochise, Arizona, United States.
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- Calvin Bingham, "United States Census, 1850"
- Calvin Bingham, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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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 (Dorset) and Irish (County Mayo): habitational name from Bingham (Nottinghamshire). The placename is probably from an Old English folk-name Bynningas (‘the people associated with a man named Bynna’), or possibly from an unattested Old English word bing ‘a kettle-shaped hollow’, + Old English hām ‘homestead’.
Irish (Ulster, of Scottish origin): altered form of Bigham .
American shortened and altered form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames such as Bingenheimer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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