When Christina Hedvig Carlsdotter was born on 7 December 1826, in Rödene, Älvsborg, Sweden, her father, Carl Eric Andersson, was 28 and her mother, Anna Christina Bengtsdotter, was 23. She married Anders Eliasson on 14 March 1853, in Rödene, Älvsborg, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1863. She died on 14 February 1870, in Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Grantsville City Cemetery, Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States.
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During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
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.
EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: George Millard BIRTH 4 Jun 1805 DEATH 13 Sep 1844 (aged 39) BURIAL Grantsville City Cemetery Grantsville, Tooele County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 201182391
Simplified form of Latin Christiana, feminine form of Christianus ( see Christian ), or a Latinized form of Middle English Christin ‘Christian’ (Old English christen, from Latin).
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Amanda Charlotta Eliason Benson In writing about my mother, Amanda Charlotta Eliason, I think it would be very incomplete if I didn’t first write of her grandparents and father and mother. First, …
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