Amelia Milley Grant

Brief Life History of Amelia Milley

When Amelia Milley Grant was born about 1851, in Damascus, Washington, Virginia, United States, her father, Isaac Allen Grant, was 35 and her mother, Nancy W Wilson, was 27. She married David Baker Hand about 1870, in Damascus, Washington, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 31 July 1939, in Washington, Virginia, United States, at the age of 89.

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Family Time Line

David Baker Hand
1852–1880
Amelia Milley Grant
1851–1939
Marriage: about 1870
Sarah Ann Luvicia Hand
1874–1945
Laura Jane Hand
1874–1941
Florence Hand
1875–
Thomas A. Hand
1876–1964
Bud Hand
1878–

Sources (19)

  • Milley Grant in household of Allen Grant, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Milly Hand, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
  • Millie Hand, "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940"

World Events (8)

1861 · The Battle of Manassas

The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run. 

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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

Irish, English, and especially Scottish (of Norman origin): nickname from Anglo-Norman French graund, graunt ‘tall, large’ (Old French grand, grant, from Latin grandis), given either to a person of remarkable size, or else in a relative way to distinguish two bearers of the same personal name, often representatives of different generations within the same family.

English: from the rare Middle English (and Old English) personal name Grante or Grente.

Irish: in Ireland this is usually the Norman Scottish name (see 1 above), but it was also adopted for Irish Mag Raighne, see Graney .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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