Brief Life History of Susan Ann
When Susan Ann Cole was born on 16 June 1827, in Greece, Monroe, New York, United States, her father, Owen M Cole, was 28 and her mother, Sarah Turnbaugh, was 32. She married Joshua Davis on 22 November 1840, in Adams, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 4 January 1891, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Susan Davis in household of Joshua Davis, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Susan Ann Cole - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Susan Ann Cole
- Susan Ann Cole, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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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: usually from the Middle English and Old French personal name Col(e), Coll(e), Coul(e), a pet form of Nicol (see Nichol and Nicholas ), a common personal name from the mid 13th century onward. English families with this name migrated to Scotland and to Ulster (especially Fermanagh).
English: occasionally perhaps from a different (early) Middle English personal name Col, of native English or Scandinavian origin. Old English Cola was originally a nickname from Old English col ‘coal’ in the sense ‘coal-black (of hair), swarthy’ and is the probable source of most of the examples in Domesday Book. In the northern and eastern counties of England settled by Vikings in the 10th and 11th centuries, alternative sources are Old Norse Kolr and Koli (either from a nickname ‘the swarthy one’ or a short form of names in Kol-), and Old Norse Kollr (from a nickname, perhaps ‘the bald one’).
English: nickname for someone with swarthy skin or black hair, from Middle English col, coul(e) ‘charcoal, coal’ (Old English col).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Susan Ann Davis Baum
Susan Ann Davis was born the 31st December 1852 at Provo, Utah, at about 3rd North between 3 & 4 West Street, on the East end of the lot. The lot was purchased with a team of oxen and a wagon. T …
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