Brief Life History of Lucy A
When Lucy A Keen was born in 1829, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Lemuel Keen Jr., was 39 and her mother, Lucy A. Joyce, was 36. She married Joseph Henry Whittemore on 18 May 1854, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. She lived in St. George, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada in 1871. She died on 5 April 1905, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Mount Hope, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Lucy Whittemore in household of Joseph H Whittemore, "United States Census, 1870"
- Lucy A. Keen, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
- Lucy A. Keene Whittemore, "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"
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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.
1860 · Abraham Lincoln Elected President
Abraham Lincoln was Elected President of the United States in November of 1860
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Kene, a short form of Old English names formed with either Cēn- (from cēn ‘keen’) or Cyne- (from cyne-, combining form of cynn ‘kin, family’).
English: nickname from Middle English kene ‘wise, brave, proud, keen’.
Dutch and North German: from a pet form of the personal name Christianus (see Christian ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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