Brief Life History of Ellen Edmondson
When Ellen Edmondson Kendall was born on 3 July 1810, in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Kendall, was 31 and her mother, Margaret Harrison, was 29. She married John Banks on 28 August 1836, in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Utah, Utah, United States in 1850. She died on 22 December 1872, in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Ellen Banks in household of John Banks, "United States Census, 1850"
- 1810 Ellen Edmondson Kendal, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Ellen Kendall, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · Manchester Food Riots
The Manchester Food Riots started on April 18, 1812, in Shudehill. The main focus was on the potato market. By 3pm, calvary and infantry soldiers began patrolling the streets and breaking up the crowds.
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.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Kendal in Cumbria, which takes its name from the river Kent + Old Norse dalr ‘valley’, or from the valley of the river Kent itself.
English (of Welsh origin): from an Anglicized form of the Welsh personal name Cynddelw, which was borne by a famous 12th-century Welsh poet. It probably derives from a Celtic word meaning ‘exalted, high’ + delw ‘image, effigy’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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