Brief Life History of Hester Elizabeth
When Hester Elizabeth Ballengee was born on 25 January 1851, in Cole, Missouri, United States, her father, James McMullen Ballengee, was 36 and her mother, Minerva Jane Hoskins, was 27. She married Asa Monroe Calvin Newport on 22 October 1868, in Miller, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. She lived in Union Township, Laclede, Missouri, United States in 1880 and Bolivar, Polk, Missouri, United States in 1900. She died on 1 March 1940, in Guymon, Texas, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Elmhurst Cemetery, Guymon, Texas, Oklahoma, United States.
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- Hester E Newpart in household of Myrtle M Butler, "United States Census, 1930"
- Hester Elizabeth Ballengee Newport, "Find A Grave Index"
- Hester E Ballengee in entry for Ollie Alice Jackson, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of French Bellanger , via the intermediate altered form Bellangée or Bellangee, the latter still being found in the US, though very rare.
History: The Ballengees trace their origin to Yves (alias Ives or Evi, Évi) Bellanger, a Huguenot born in Poitou, France, who came to North America in the 1680s from England. He married Christian(e) de la Plaine in Philadelphia, PA, in 1697 and thereafter settled in Little Egg Harbor, NJ. He is listed in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors (as Ives or Éves or Évi de Bellangée or Bellanger or Bellinger).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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