When Catherine Rebecca Fink was born on 18 October 1809, in Wheatfield, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John William Fink, was 22 and her mother, Sarah Goshorn, was 20. She married Thomas Birk Foy on 24 April 1828, in Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850 and Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 21 May 1870, in Minersville, Beaver, Utah, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Minersville Cemetery, Minersville, Beaver, Utah, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.
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.
German, Jewish (Ashkenazic), Danish, and English: nickname for a lively and cheerful person, or, in the case of the Jewish name, an artificial name, from Middle High German vinke, Middle English and Yiddish fink ‘finch’ (see Finch and Vink ). The surname of German origin is also found in some central European countries, for example in Czechia, Slovenia, and Croatia, often as a translation into German of corresponding Slavic nicknames or surnames. In part, this is a Gottscheerish (i.e. Gottschee German) surname, originating from the Kočevsko region in Lower Carniola, Slovenia (see Kocevar ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesTHOMAS BIRK FOY, HIS STORY By Leslie Tuttle Foy Those who lived in frontier America during the 1800's left very few footprints on the pages of history. Most had little or no education. Therefor …
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