Brief Life History of John
When John Adkin was born on 8 January 1826, in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, his father, Cornelius Atkin, was 39 and his mother, Elizabeth, was 32. He married Charlotte Treece on 3 October 1852, in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1866 and lived in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Watervliet, Albany, New York, United States in 1865. He died on 13 May 1890, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- John Atkins, "New York State Census, 1865"
- John Atkin in the Nottinghamshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754
- Charlotte Cunningham in the 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.
1841
EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: Josiah Nelson BIRTH 1841 Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA DEATH 1841 (aged less–than 1 year) Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA BURIAL Ogden City Cemetery Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 240526232 · View Source
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Anglo-Saxon: Eard, earth, and cyn, kin, kind, meaning earth relative
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