Brief Life History of Jane
When Jane Gould was born on 7 January 1821, in Oxford, Oxford, Maine, United States, her father, Samuel Stewart Gould, was 22 and her mother, Polly Webster Bean, was 20. She married Elisha Edwards on 10 February 1848, in Florence, Douglas, Nebraska, United States. She lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850. She died in 1852, in United States, at the age of 31, and was buried in United States.
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- Jane Edwards in household of Elisha Edwards, "United States Census, 1850"
- Jane Gould, "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Jane Gould - death: July 1852 / September 1852;
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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.
1832 · Calais Branch is Chartered
The State of Maine chartered the Calais Railway in 1832, one of the first railway charters to be granted by the state. Construction was very long, as the project was reorganized, abandoned, transferred to other companies, and extended several times. It was finally completed in 1898.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Gold .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Jane Gould's Death
The Elisha Edwards family initially traveled to the Salt Lake Valley in the Robert Wimmer Company in 1852. The family consisted of Elisha and his current wife, Jane Gould, and Elisha's children, Edwa …
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